Anki-Connect

Anki-Connect enables external applications such as Yomichan to communicate with Anki over a simple HTTP API. Its capabilities include executing queries against the user's card deck, automatically creating new cards, and more. Anki-Connect is compatible with the latest stable (2.1.x) releases of Anki; older versions (2.0.x and below) are no longer supported.

Installation

The installation process is similar to other Anki plugins and can be accomplished in three steps:

1. Open the Install Add-on dialog by selecting Tools | Add-ons | Get Add-ons... in Anki.
2. Input 2055492159 into the text box labeled Code and press the OK button to proceed.
3. Restart Anki when prompted to do so in order to complete the installation of Anki-Connect.

Anki must be kept running in the background in order for other applications to be able to use Anki-Connect. You can verify that Anki-Connect is running at any time by accessing localhost:8765 in your browser. If the server is running, you will see the message Anki-Connect displayed in your browser window.

Notes for Windows Users

Windows users may see a firewall nag dialog box appear on Anki startup. This occurs because Anki-Connect runs a local HTTP server in order to enable other applications to connect to it. The host application, Anki, must be unblocked for this plugin to function correctly.

Notes for MacOS Users

Starting with Mac OS X Mavericks, a feature named App Nap has been introduced to the operating system. This feature causes certain applications which are open (but not visible) to be placed in a suspended state. As this behavior causes Anki-Connect to stop working while you have another window in the foreground, App Nap should be disabled for Anki:

1. Start the Terminal application.
2. Execute the following commands in the terminal window:

   defaults write net.ankiweb.dtop NSAppSleepDisabled -bool true
   defaults write net.ichi2.anki NSAppSleepDisabled -bool true
   defaults write org.qt-project.Qt.QtWebEngineCore NSAppSleepDisabled -bool true
   

3. Restart Anki.

Application Interface for Developers

Anki-Connect exposes internal Anki features to external applications via an easy to use API. After being installed, this plugin will start an HTTP server on port 8765 whenever Anki is launched. Other applications (including browser extensions) can then communicate with it via HTTP requests.

By default, Anki-Connect will only bind the HTTP server to the 127.0.0.1 IP address, so that you will only be able to access it from the same host on which it is running. If you need to access it over a network, you can set the environment variable ANKICONNECT_BIND_ADDRESS to change the binding address. For example, you can set it to 0.0.0.0 in order to bind it to all network interfaces on your host.

Sample Invocation

Every request consists of a JSON-encoded object containing an action, a version, contextual params, and a key value used for authentication (which is optional and can be omitted by default). Anki-Connect will respond with an object containing two fields: result and error. The result field contains the return value of the executed API, and the error field is a description of any exception thrown during API execution (the value null is used if execution completed successfully).

Sample successful response:

{"result": ["Default", "Filtered Deck 1"], "error": null}

Samples of failed responses:

{"result": null, "error": "unsupported action"}

{"result": null, "error": "guiBrowse() got an unexpected keyword argument 'foobar'"}

For compatibility with clients designed to work with older versions of Anki-Connect, failing to provide a version field in the request will make the version default to 4. Furthermore, when the provided version is level 4 or below, the API response will only contain the value of the result; no error field is available for error handling.

You can use whatever language or tool you like to issue request to Anki-Connect, but a couple of simple examples are included below as reference.

Curl

curl localhost:8765 -X POST -d '{"action": "deckNames", "version": 6}'

Python

import json
import urllib.request

def request(action, **params):
    return {'action': action, 'params': params, 'version': 6}

def invoke(action, **params):
    requestJson = json.dumps(request(action, **params)).encode('utf-8')
    response = json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(urllib.request.Request('http://localhost:8765', requestJson)))
    if len(response) != 2:
        raise Exception('response has an unexpected number of fields')
    if 'error' not in response:
        raise Exception('response is missing required error field')
    if 'result' not in response:
        raise Exception('response is missing required result field')
    if response['error'] is not None:
        raise Exception(response['error'])
    return response['result']

invoke('createDeck', deck='test1')
result = invoke('deckNames')
print('got list of decks: {}'.format(result))

JavaScript

function invoke(action, version, params={}) {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
        xhr.addEventListener('error', () => reject('failed to issue request'));
        xhr.addEventListener('load', () => {
            try {
                const response = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
                if (Object.getOwnPropertyNames(response).length != 2) {
                    throw 'response has an unexpected number of fields';
                }
                if (!response.hasOwnProperty('error')) {
                    throw 'response is missing required error field';
                }
                if (!response.hasOwnProperty('result')) {
                    throw 'response is missing required result field';
                }
                if (response.error) {
                    throw response.error;
                }
                resolve(response.result);
            } catch (e) {
                reject(e);
            }
        });

        xhr.open('POST', 'http://127.0.0.1:8765');
        xhr.send(JSON.stringify({action, version, params}));
    });
}

await invoke('createDeck', 6, {deck: 'test1'});
const result = await invoke('deckNames', 6);
console.log(`got list of decks: ${result}`);

Hey, could you add a new action to support $FEATURE?

The primary goal for Anki-Connect was to support real-time flash card creation from the Yomichan browser extension. The current API provides all the required actions to make this happen. I recognise that the role of Anki-Connect has evolved from this original vision, and I am happy to review new feature requests.

With that said, this project operates on a self-serve model. If you would like a new feature, create a PR. I'll review it and if it looks good, it will be merged in. Requests to add new features without accompanying pull requests will not be serviced. Make sure that your pull request meets the following criteria:

• Attempt to match style of the surrounding code.
• Have accompanying documentation with examples.
• Have accompanying tests that verify operation.
• Implement features useful in other applications.

Supported Actions

Documentation for currently supported actions is split up by category and is referenced below. Note that deprecated APIs will continue to function despite not being listed on this page as long as your request is labeled with a version number corresponding to when the API was available for use.

• Card Actions
• Deck Actions
• Graphical Actions
• Media Actions
• Miscellaneous Actions
• Model Actions
• Note Actions
• Statistic Actions

Card Actions

• getEaseFactors

  Returns an array with the ease factor for each of the given cards (in the same order).

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "getEaseFactors",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1483959291685, 1483959293217]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [4100, 3900],
      "error": null
  }
  

• setEaseFactors

  Sets ease factor of cards by card ID; returns true if successful (all cards existed) or false otherwise.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "setEaseFactors",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1483959291685, 1483959293217],
          "easeFactors": [4100, 3900]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [true, true],
      "error": null
  }
  

• setSpecificValueOfCard

  Sets specific value of a single card. Given the risk of wreaking havor in the database when changing some of the values of a card, some of the keys require the argument "warning_check" set to True. This can be used to set a card's flag, change it's ease factor, change the review order in a filtered deck and change the column "data" (not currently used by anki apparantly), and many other values. A list of values and explanation of their respective utility can be found at AnkiDroid's wiki.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "setSpecificValueOfCard",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "card": 1483959291685,
          "keys": ["flags", "odue"],
          "newValues": ["1", "-100"]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [true, true],
      "error": null
  }
  

• suspend

  Suspend cards by card ID; returns true if successful (at least one card wasn't already suspended) or false otherwise.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "suspend",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1483959291685, 1483959293217]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• unsuspend

  Unsuspend cards by card ID; returns true if successful (at least one card was previously suspended) or false otherwise.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "unsuspend",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1483959291685, 1483959293217]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• suspended

  Check if card is suspended by its ID. Returns true if suspended, false otherwise.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "suspended",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "card": 1483959293217
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• areSuspended

  Returns an array indicating whether each of the given cards is suspended (in the same order). If card doesn't exist returns null.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "areSuspended",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1483959291685, 1483959293217, 1234567891234]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [false, true, null],
      "error": null
  }
  

• areDue

  Returns an array indicating whether each of the given cards is due (in the same order). Note: cards in the learning queue with a large interval (over 20 minutes) are treated as not due until the time of their interval has passed, to match the way Anki treats them when reviewing.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "areDue",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1483959291685, 1483959293217]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [false, true],
      "error": null
  }
  

• getIntervals

  Returns an array of the most recent intervals for each given card ID, or a 2-dimensional array of all the intervals for each given card ID when complete is true. Negative intervals are in seconds and positive intervals in days.

  Sample request 1:

  {
      "action": "getIntervals",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1502298033753, 1502298036657]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result 1:

  {
      "result": [-14400, 3],
      "error": null
  }
  

  Sample request 2:

  {
      "action": "getIntervals",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1502298033753, 1502298036657],
          "complete": true
      }
  }
  

  Sample result 2:

  {
      "result": [
          [-120, -180, -240, -300, -360, -14400],
          [-120, -180, -240, -300, -360, -14400, 1, 3]
      ],
      "error": null
  }
  

• findCards

  Returns an array of card IDs for a given query. Functionally identical to guiBrowse but doesn't use the GUI for better performance.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "findCards",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "query": "deck:current"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [1494723142483, 1494703460437, 1494703479525],
      "error": null
  }
  

• cardsToNotes

  Returns an unordered array of note IDs for the given card IDs. For cards with the same note, the ID is only given once in the array.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "cardsToNotes",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1502098034045, 1502098034048, 1502298033753]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [1502098029797, 1502298025183],
      "error": null
  }
  

• cardsModTime

  Returns a list of objects containings for each card ID the modification time. This function is about 15 times faster than executing cardsInfo.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "cardsModTime",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1498938915662, 1502098034048]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [
          {
              "cardId": 1498938915662,
              "mod": 1629454092
          }
      ],
      "error": null
  }
  

• cardsInfo

  Returns a list of objects containing for each card ID the card fields, front and back sides including CSS, note type, the note that the card belongs to, and deck name, last modification timestamp as well as ease and interval.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "cardsInfo",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1498938915662, 1502098034048]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [
          {
              "answer": "back content",
              "question": "front content",
              "deckName": "Default",
              "modelName": "Basic",
              "fieldOrder": 1,
              "fields": {
                  "Front": {"value": "front content", "order": 0},
                  "Back": {"value": "back content", "order": 1}
              },
              "css":"p {font-family:Arial;}",
              "cardId": 1498938915662,
              "interval": 16,
              "note":1502298033753,
              "ord": 1,
              "type": 0,
              "queue": 0,
              "due": 1,
              "reps": 1,
              "lapses": 0,
              "left": 6,
              "mod": 1629454092
          },
          {
              "answer": "back content",
              "question": "front content",
              "deckName": "Default",
              "modelName": "Basic",
              "fieldOrder": 0,
              "fields": {
                  "Front": {"value": "front content", "order": 0},
                  "Back": {"value": "back content", "order": 1}
              },
              "css":"p {font-family:Arial;}",
              "cardId": 1502098034048,
              "interval": 23,
              "note":1502298033753,
              "ord": 1,
              "type": 0,
              "queue": 0,
              "due": 1,
              "reps": 1,
              "lapses": 0,
              "left": 6
          }
      ],
      "error": null
  }
  

• forgetCards

  Forget cards, making the cards new again.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "forgetCards",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1498938915662, 1502098034048]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• relearnCards

  Make cards be "relearning".

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "relearnCards",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1498938915662, 1502098034048]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

Deck Actions

• deckNames

  Gets the complete list of deck names for the current user.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "deckNames",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": ["Default"],
      "error": null
  }
  

• deckNamesAndIds

  Gets the complete list of deck names and their respective IDs for the current user.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "deckNamesAndIds",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": {"Default": 1},
      "error": null
  }
  

• getDecks

  Accepts an array of card IDs and returns an object with each deck name as a key, and its value an array of the given cards which belong to it.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "getDecks",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1502298036657, 1502298033753, 1502032366472]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": {
          "Default": [1502032366472],
          "Japanese::JLPT N3": [1502298036657, 1502298033753]
      },
      "error": null
  }
  

• createDeck

  Create a new empty deck. Will not overwrite a deck that exists with the same name.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "createDeck",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "deck": "Japanese::Tokyo"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": 1519323742721,
      "error": null
  }
  

• changeDeck

  Moves cards with the given IDs to a different deck, creating the deck if it doesn't exist yet.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "changeDeck",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "cards": [1502098034045, 1502098034048, 1502298033753],
          "deck": "Japanese::JLPT N3"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• deleteDecks

  Deletes decks with the given names. The argument cardsToo must be specified and set to true.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "deleteDecks",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "decks": ["Japanese::JLPT N5", "Easy Spanish"],
          "cardsToo": true
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• getDeckConfig

  Gets the configuration group object for the given deck.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "getDeckConfig",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "deck": "Default"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": {
          "lapse": {
              "leechFails": 8,
              "delays": [10],
              "minInt": 1,
              "leechAction": 0,
              "mult": 0
          },
          "dyn": false,
          "autoplay": true,
          "mod": 1502970872,
          "id": 1,
          "maxTaken": 60,
          "new": {
              "bury": true,
              "order": 1,
              "initialFactor": 2500,
              "perDay": 20,
              "delays": [1, 10],
              "separate": true,
              "ints": [1, 4, 7]
          },
          "name": "Default",
          "rev": {
              "bury": true,
              "ivlFct": 1,
              "ease4": 1.3,
              "maxIvl": 36500,
              "perDay": 100,
              "minSpace": 1,
              "fuzz": 0.05
          },
          "timer": 0,
          "replayq": true,
          "usn": -1
      },
      "error": null
  }
  

• saveDeckConfig

  Saves the given configuration group, returning true on success or false if the ID of the configuration group is invalid (such as when it does not exist).

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "saveDeckConfig",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "config": {
              "lapse": {
                  "leechFails": 8,
                  "delays": [10],
                  "minInt": 1,
                  "leechAction": 0,
                  "mult": 0
              },
              "dyn": false,
              "autoplay": true,
              "mod": 1502970872,
              "id": 1,
              "maxTaken": 60,
              "new": {
                  "bury": true,
                  "order": 1,
                  "initialFactor": 2500,
                  "perDay": 20,
                  "delays": [1, 10],
                  "separate": true,
                  "ints": [1, 4, 7]
              },
              "name": "Default",
              "rev": {
                  "bury": true,
                  "ivlFct": 1,
                  "ease4": 1.3,
                  "maxIvl": 36500,
                  "perDay": 100,
                  "minSpace": 1,
                  "fuzz": 0.05
              },
              "timer": 0,
              "replayq": true,
              "usn": -1
          }
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• setDeckConfigId

  Changes the configuration group for the given decks to the one with the given ID. Returns true on success or false if the given configuration group or any of the given decks do not exist.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "setDeckConfigId",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "decks": ["Default"],
          "configId": 1
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• cloneDeckConfigId

  Creates a new configuration group with the given name, cloning from the group with the given ID, or from the default group if this is unspecified. Returns the ID of the new configuration group, or false if the specified group to clone from does not exist.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "cloneDeckConfigId",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "name": "Copy of Default",
          "cloneFrom": 1
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": 1502972374573,
      "error": null
  }
  

• removeDeckConfigId

  Removes the configuration group with the given ID, returning true if successful, or false if attempting to remove either the default configuration group (ID = 1) or a configuration group that does not exist.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "removeDeckConfigId",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "configId": 1502972374573
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

Graphical Actions

• guiBrowse

  Invokes the Card Browser dialog and searches for a given query. Returns an array of identifiers of the cards that were found. Query syntax is documented here.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiBrowse",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "query": "deck:current"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [1494723142483, 1494703460437, 1494703479525],
      "error": null
  }
  

• guiSelectedNotes

  Finds the open instance of the Card Browser dialog and returns an array of identifiers of the notes that are selected. Returns an empty list if the browser is not open.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiSelectedNotes",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [1494723142483, 1494703460437, 1494703479525],
      "error": null
  }
  

• guiAddCards

  Invokes the Add Cards dialog, presets the note using the given deck and model, with the provided field values and tags. Invoking it multiple times closes the old window and reopen the window with the new provided values.

  Audio, video, and picture files can be embedded into the fields via the audio, video, and picture keys, respectively. Refer to the documentation of addNote and storeMediaFile for an explanation of these fields.

  The result is the ID of the note which would be added, if the user chose to confirm the Add Cards dialogue.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiAddCards",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "note": {
              "deckName": "Default",
              "modelName": "Cloze",
              "fields": {
                  "Text": "The capital of Romania is {{c1::Bucharest}}",
                  "Extra": "Romania is a country in Europe"
              },
              "tags": [
                "countries"
              ],
              "picture": [{
                  "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/EU-Romania.svg/285px-EU-Romania.svg.png",
                  "filename": "romania.png",
                  "fields": [
                      "Extra"
                  ]
              }]
          }
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": 1496198395707,
      "error": null
  }
  

• guiEditNote

  Opens the Edit dialog with a note corresponding to given note ID. The dialog is similar to the Edit Current dialog, but:

  • has a Preview button to preview the cards for the note
  • has a Browse button to open the browser with these cards
  • has Previous/Back buttons to navigate the history of the dialog
  • has no bar with the Close button

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiEditNote",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "note": 1649198355435
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• guiCurrentCard

  Returns information about the current card or null if not in review mode.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiCurrentCard",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": {
          "answer": "back content",
          "question": "front content",
          "deckName": "Default",
          "modelName": "Basic",
          "fieldOrder": 0,
          "fields": {
              "Front": {"value": "front content", "order": 0},
              "Back": {"value": "back content", "order": 1}
          },
          "template": "Forward",
          "cardId": 1498938915662,
          "buttons": [1, 2, 3],
          "nextReviews": ["<1m", "<10m", "4d"]
      },
      "error": null
  }
  

• guiStartCardTimer

  Starts or resets the timerStarted value for the current card. This is useful for deferring the start time to when it is displayed via the API, allowing the recorded time taken to answer the card to be more accurate when calling guiAnswerCard.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiStartCardTimer",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• guiShowQuestion

  Shows question text for the current card; returns true if in review mode or false otherwise.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiShowQuestion",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• guiShowAnswer

  Shows answer text for the current card; returns true if in review mode or false otherwise.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiShowAnswer",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• guiAnswerCard

  Answers the current card; returns true if succeeded or false otherwise. Note that the answer for the current card must be displayed before before any answer can be accepted by Anki.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiAnswerCard",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "ease": 1
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• guiDeckOverview

  Opens the Deck Overview dialog for the deck with the given name; returns true if succeeded or false otherwise.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiDeckOverview",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "name": "Default"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• guiDeckBrowser

  Opens the Deck Browser dialog.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiDeckBrowser",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• guiDeckReview

  Starts review for the deck with the given name; returns true if succeeded or false otherwise.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiDeckReview",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "name": "Default"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• guiExitAnki

  Schedules a request to gracefully close Anki. This operation is asynchronous, so it will return immediately and won't wait until the Anki process actually terminates.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiExitAnki",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• guiCheckDatabase

  Requests a database check, but returns immediately without waiting for the check to complete. Therefore, the action will always return true even if errors are detected during the database check.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "guiCheckDatabase",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

Media Actions

• storeMediaFile

  Stores a file with the specified base64-encoded contents inside the media folder. Alternatively you can specify a absolute file path, or a url from where the file shell be downloaded. If more than one of data, path and url are provided, the data field will be used first, then path, and finally url. To prevent Anki from removing files not used by any cards (e.g. for configuration files), prefix the filename with an underscore. These files are still synchronized to AnkiWeb. Any existing file with the same name is deleted by default. Set deleteExisting to false to prevent that by letting Anki give the new file a non-conflicting name.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "storeMediaFile",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "filename": "_hello.txt",
          "data": "SGVsbG8sIHdvcmxkIQ=="
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": "_hello.txt",
      "error": null
  }
  

  Content of _hello.txt:

  Hello world!
  

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "storeMediaFile",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "filename": "_hello.txt",
          "path": "/path/to/file"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": "_hello.txt",
      "error": null
  }
  

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "storeMediaFile",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "filename": "_hello.txt",
          "url": "https://url.to.file"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": "_hello.txt",
      "error": null
  }
  

• retrieveMediaFile

  Retrieves the base64-encoded contents of the specified file, returning false if the file does not exist.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "retrieveMediaFile",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "filename": "_hello.txt"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": "SGVsbG8sIHdvcmxkIQ==",
      "error": null
  }
  

• getMediaFilesNames

  Gets the names of media files matched the pattern. Returning all names by default.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "getMediaFilesNames",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "pattern": "_hell*.txt"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": ["_hello.txt"],
      "error": null
  }
  

• deleteMediaFile

  Deletes the specified file inside the media folder.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "deleteMediaFile",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "filename": "_hello.txt"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

Miscellaneous Actions

• requestPermission

  Request permission to use the API exposed by this plugin. Only request coming from origin listed in the webCorsOriginList option are allowed to use the Api. Calling this method will display a popup asking the user if he want to allow your origin to use the Api. This is the only method that can be called even if the origin of the request isn't in the webCorsOriginList list. It also doesn't require the api key. Calling this method will not display the popup if the origin is already trusted.

  This should be the first call you make to make sure that your application and Anki-Connect are able to communicate properly with each other. New versions of Anki-Connect are backwards compatible; as long as you are using actions which are available in the reported Anki-Connect version or earlier, everything should work fine.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "requestPermission",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Samples results:

  {
      "result": {
          "permission": "granted",
          "requireApiKey": false,
          "version": 6
      },
      "error": null
  }
  

  {
      "result": {
          "permission": "denied"
      },
      "error": null
  }
  

• version

  Gets the version of the API exposed by this plugin. Currently versions 1 through 6 are defined.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "version",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": 6,
      "error": null
  }
  

• sync

  Synchronizes the local Anki collections with AnkiWeb.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "sync",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• getProfiles

  Retrieve the list of profiles.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "getProfiles",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": ["User 1"],
      "error": null
  }
  

• loadProfile

  Selects the profile specified in request.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "loadProfile",
      "params": {
          "name": "user1"
      },
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• multi

  Performs multiple actions in one request, returning an array with the response of each action (in the given order).

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "multi",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "actions": [
              {"action": "deckNames"},
              {
                  "action": "browse",
                  "params": {"query": "deck:current"}
              }
          ]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [
          {"result": "Default", "error": null},
          {"result": [1494723142483, 1494703460437, 1494703479525], "error": null}
      ],
      "error": null
  }
  

• exportPackage

  Exports a given deck in .apkg format. Returns true if successful or false otherwise. The optional property includeSched (default is false) can be specified to include the cards' scheduling data.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "exportPackage",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "deck": "Default",
          "path": "/data/Deck.apkg",
          "includeSched": true
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• importPackage

  Imports a file in .apkg format into the collection. Returns true if successful or false otherwise. Note that the file path is relative to Anki's collection.media folder, not to the client.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "importPackage",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "path": "/data/Deck.apkg"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": true,
      "error": null
  }
  

• reloadCollection

  Tells anki to reload all data from the database.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "reloadCollection",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

Model Actions

• modelNames

  Gets the complete list of model names for the current user.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "modelNames",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": ["Basic", "Basic (and reversed card)"],
      "error": null
  }
  

• modelNamesAndIds

  Gets the complete list of model names and their corresponding IDs for the current user.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "modelNamesAndIds",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": {
          "Basic": 1483883011648,
          "Basic (and reversed card)": 1483883011644,
          "Basic (optional reversed card)": 1483883011631,
          "Cloze": 1483883011630
      },
      "error": null
  }
  

• modelFieldNames

  Gets the complete list of field names for the provided model name.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "modelFieldNames",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "modelName": "Basic"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": ["Front", "Back"],
      "error": null
  }
  

• modelFieldsOnTemplates

  Returns an object indicating the fields on the question and answer side of each card template for the given model name. The question side is given first in each array.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "modelFieldsOnTemplates",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "modelName": "Basic (and reversed card)"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": {
          "Card 1": [["Front"], ["Back"]],
          "Card 2": [["Back"], ["Front"]]
      },
      "error": null
  }
  

• createModel

  Creates a new model to be used in Anki. User must provide the modelName, inOrderFields and cardTemplates to be used in the model. There are optinal fields css and isCloze. If not specified, css will use the default Anki css and isCloze will be equal to False. If isCloze is True then model will be created as Cloze.

  Optionally the Name field can be provided for each entry of cardTemplates. By default the card names will be Card 1, Card 2, and so on.

  Sample request

  {
      "action": "createModel",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "modelName": "newModelName",
          "inOrderFields": ["Field1", "Field2", "Field3"],
          "css": "Optional CSS with default to builtin css",
          "isCloze": False,
          "cardTemplates": [
              {
                  "Name": "My Card 1",
                  "Front": "Front html {{Field1}}",
                  "Back": "Back html  {{Field2}}"
              }
          ]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result

  {
      "result":{
          "sortf":0,
          "did":1,
          "latexPre":"\\documentclass[12pt]{article}\n\\special{papersize=3in,5in}\n\\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}\n\\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath}\n\\pagestyle{empty}\n\\setlength{\\parindent}{0in}\n\\begin{document}\n",
          "latexPost":"\\end{document}",
          "mod":1551462107,
          "usn":-1,
          "vers":[
  
          ],
          "type":0,
          "css":".card {\n font-family: arial;\n font-size: 20px;\n text-align: center;\n color: black;\n background-color: white;\n}\n",
          "name":"TestApiModel",
          "flds":[
              {
                  "name":"Field1",
                  "ord":0,
                  "sticky":false,
                  "rtl":false,
                  "font":"Arial",
                  "size":20,
                  "media":[
  
                  ]
              },
              {
                  "name":"Field2",
                  "ord":1,
                  "sticky":false,
                  "rtl":false,
                  "font":"Arial",
                  "size":20,
                  "media":[
  
                  ]
              }
          ],
          "tmpls":[
              {
                  "name":"My Card 1",
                  "ord":0,
                  "qfmt":"",
                  "afmt":"This is the back of the card {{Field2}}",
                  "did":null,
                  "bqfmt":"",
                  "bafmt":""
              }
          ],
          "tags":[
  
          ],
          "id":"1551462107104",
          "req":[
              [
                  0,
                  "none",
                  [
  
                  ]
              ]
          ]
      },
      "error":null
  }
  

• modelTemplates

  Returns an object indicating the template content for each card connected to the provided model by name.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "modelTemplates",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "modelName": "Basic (and reversed card)"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result

  {
      "result": {
          "Card 1": {
              "Front": "{{Front}}",
              "Back": "{{FrontSide}}\n\n<hr id=answer>\n\n{{Back}}"
          },
          "Card 2": {
              "Front": "{{Back}}",
              "Back": "{{FrontSide}}\n\n<hr id=answer>\n\n{{Front}}"
          }
      },
      "error": null
  }
  

• modelStyling

  Gets the CSS styling for the provided model by name.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "modelStyling",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "modelName": "Basic (and reversed card)"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result

  {
      "result": {
          "css": ".card {\n font-family: arial;\n font-size: 20px;\n text-align: center;\n color: black;\n background-color: white;\n}\n"
      },
      "error": null
  }
  

• updateModelTemplates

  Modify the templates of an existing model by name. Only specifies cards and specified sides will be modified. If an existing card or side is not included in the request, it will be left unchanged.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "updateModelTemplates",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "model": {
              "name": "Custom",
              "templates": {
                  "Card 1": {
                      "Front": "{{Question}}?",
                      "Back": "{{Answer}}!"
                  }
              }
          }
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• updateModelStyling

  Modify the CSS styling of an existing model by name.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "updateModelStyling",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "model": {
              "name": "Custom",
              "css": "p { color: blue; }"
          }
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• findAndReplaceInModels

  Find and replace string in existing model by model name. Customise to replace in front, back or css by setting to true/false.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "findAndReplaceInModels",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "model": {
              "modelName": "",
              "findText": "text_to_replace",
              "replaceText": "replace_with_text",
              "front": true,
              "back": true,
              "css": true
          }
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": 1,
      "error": null
  }
  

Note Actions

• addNote

  Creates a note using the given deck and model, with the provided field values and tags. Returns the identifier of the created note created on success, and null on failure.

  Anki-Connect can download audio, video, and picture files and embed them in newly created notes. The corresponding audio, video, and picture note members are optional and can be omitted. If you choose to include any of them, they should contain a single object or an array of objects with the mandatory filename field and one of data, path or url. Refer to the documentation of storeMediaFile for an explanation of these fields. The skipHash field can be optionally provided to skip the inclusion of files with an MD5 hash that matches the provided value. This is useful for avoiding the saving of error pages and stub files. The fields member is a list of fields that should play audio or video, or show a picture when the card is displayed in Anki. The allowDuplicate member inside options group can be set to true to enable adding duplicate cards. Normally duplicate cards can not be added and trigger exception.

  The duplicateScope member inside options can be used to specify the scope for which duplicates are checked. A value of "deck" will only check for duplicates in the target deck; any other value will check the entire collection.

  The duplicateScopeOptions object can be used to specify some additional settings:

  • duplicateScopeOptions.deckName will specify which deck to use for checking duplicates in. If undefined or null, the target deck will be used.
  • duplicateScopeOptions.checkChildren will change whether or not duplicate cards are checked in child decks. The default value is false.
  • duplicateScopeOptions.checkAllModels specifies whether duplicate checks are performed across all note types. The default value is false.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "addNote",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "note": {
              "deckName": "Default",
              "modelName": "Basic",
              "fields": {
                  "Front": "front content",
                  "Back": "back content"
              },
              "options": {
                  "allowDuplicate": false,
                  "duplicateScope": "deck",
                  "duplicateScopeOptions": {
                      "deckName": "Default",
                      "checkChildren": false,
                      "checkAllModels": false
                  }
              },
              "tags": [
                  "yomichan"
              ],
              "audio": [{
                  "url": "https://assets.languagepod101.com/dictionary/japanese/audiomp3.php?kanji=猫&kana=ねこ",
                  "filename": "yomichan_ねこ_猫.mp3",
                  "skipHash": "7e2c2f954ef6051373ba916f000168dc",
                  "fields": [
                      "Front"
                  ]
              }],
              "video": [{
                  "url": "https://cdn.videvo.net/videvo_files/video/free/2015-06/small_watermarked/Contador_Glam_preview.mp4",
                  "filename": "countdown.mp4",
                  "skipHash": "4117e8aab0d37534d9c8eac362388bbe",
                  "fields": [
                      "Back"
                  ]
              }],
              "picture": [{
                  "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/A_black_cat_named_Tilly.jpg/220px-A_black_cat_named_Tilly.jpg",
                  "filename": "black_cat.jpg",
                  "skipHash": "8d6e4646dfae812bf39651b59d7429ce",
                  "fields": [
                      "Back"
                  ]
              }]
          }
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": 1496198395707,
      "error": null
  }
  

• addNotes

  Creates multiple notes using the given deck and model, with the provided field values and tags. Returns an array of identifiers of the created notes (notes that could not be created will have a null identifier). Please see the documentation for addNote for an explanation of objects in the notes array.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "addNotes",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "notes": [
              {
                  "deckName": "Default",
                  "modelName": "Basic",
                  "fields": {
                      "Front": "front content",
                      "Back": "back content"
                  },
                  "tags": [
                      "yomichan"
                  ],
                  "audio": [{
                      "url": "https://assets.languagepod101.com/dictionary/japanese/audiomp3.php?kanji=猫&kana=ねこ",
                      "filename": "yomichan_ねこ_猫.mp3",
                      "skipHash": "7e2c2f954ef6051373ba916f000168dc",
                      "fields": [
                          "Front"
                      ]
                  }],
                  "video": [{
                      "url": "https://cdn.videvo.net/videvo_files/video/free/2015-06/small_watermarked/Contador_Glam_preview.mp4",
                      "filename": "countdown.mp4",
                      "skipHash": "4117e8aab0d37534d9c8eac362388bbe",
                      "fields": [
                          "Back"
                      ]
                  }],
                  "picture": [{
                      "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/A_black_cat_named_Tilly.jpg/220px-A_black_cat_named_Tilly.jpg",
                      "filename": "black_cat.jpg",
                      "skipHash": "8d6e4646dfae812bf39651b59d7429ce",
                      "fields": [
                          "Back"
                      ]
                  }]
              }
          ]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [1496198395707, null],
      "error": null
  }
  

• canAddNotes

  Accepts an array of objects which define parameters for candidate notes (see addNote) and returns an array of booleans indicating whether or not the parameters at the corresponding index could be used to create a new note.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "canAddNotes",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "notes": [
              {
                  "deckName": "Default",
                  "modelName": "Basic",
                  "fields": {
                      "Front": "front content",
                      "Back": "back content"
                  },
                  "tags": [
                      "yomichan"
                  ]
              }
          ]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [true],
      "error": null
  }
  

• updateNoteFields

  Modify the fields of an exist note. You can also include audio, video, or picture files which will be added to the note with an optional audio, video, or picture property. Please see the documentation for addNote for an explanation of objects in the audio, video, or picture array.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "updateNoteFields",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "note": {
              "id": 1514547547030,
              "fields": {
                  "Front": "new front content",
                  "Back": "new back content"
              },
              "audio": [{
                  "url": "https://assets.languagepod101.com/dictionary/japanese/audiomp3.php?kanji=猫&kana=ねこ",
                  "filename": "yomichan_ねこ_猫.mp3",
                  "skipHash": "7e2c2f954ef6051373ba916f000168dc",
                  "fields": [
                      "Front"
                  ]
              }]
          }
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• addTags

  Adds tags to notes by note ID.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "addTags",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "notes": [1483959289817, 1483959291695],
          "tags": "european-languages"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• removeTags

  Remove tags from notes by note ID.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "removeTags",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "notes": [1483959289817, 1483959291695],
          "tags": "european-languages"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• getTags

  Gets the complete list of tags for the current user.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "getTags",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": ["european-languages", "idioms"],
      "error": null
  }
  

• clearUnusedTags

  Clears all the unused tags in the notes for the current user.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "clearUnusedTags",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• replaceTags

  Replace tags in notes by note ID.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "replaceTags",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "notes": [1483959289817, 1483959291695],
          "tag_to_replace": "european-languages",
          "replace_with_tag": "french-languages"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• replaceTagsInAllNotes

  Replace tags in all the notes for the current user.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "replaceTagsInAllNotes",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "tag_to_replace": "european-languages",
          "replace_with_tag": "french-languages"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• findNotes

  Returns an array of note IDs for a given query. Query syntax is documented here.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "findNotes",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "query": "deck:current"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [1483959289817, 1483959291695],
      "error": null
  }
  

• notesInfo

  Returns a list of objects containing for each note ID the note fields, tags, note type and the cards belonging to the note.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "notesInfo",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "notes": [1502298033753]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [
          {
              "noteId":1502298033753,
              "modelName": "Basic",
              "tags":["tag","another_tag"],
              "fields": {
                  "Front": {"value": "front content", "order": 0},
                  "Back": {"value": "back content", "order": 1}
              }
          }
      ],
      "error": null
  }
  

• deleteNotes

  Deletes notes with the given ids. If a note has several cards associated with it, all associated cards will be deleted.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "deleteNotes",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "notes": [1502298033753]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

• removeEmptyNotes

  Removes all the empty notes for the current user.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "removeEmptyNotes",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }
  

Statistic Actions

• getNumCardsReviewedToday

  Gets the count of cards that have been reviewed in the current day (with day start time as configured by user in anki)

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "getNumCardsReviewedToday",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": 0,
      "error": null
  }
  

• getNumCardsReviewedByDay

  Gets the number of cards reviewed as a list of pairs of (dateString, number)

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "getNumCardsReviewedByDay",
      "version": 6
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result":  [
          ["2021-02-28", 124],
          ["2021-02-27", 261]
      ],
      "error": null
  }
  

• getCollectionStatsHTML

  Gets the collection statistics report

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "getCollectionStatsHTML",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "wholeCollection": true
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "error": null,
      "result": "<center> lots of HTML here </center>"
  }
  

• cardReviews

  Requests all card reviews for a specified deck after a certain time. startID is the latest unix time not included in the result. Returns a list of 9-tuples (reviewTime, cardID, usn, buttonPressed, newInterval, previousInterval, newFactor, reviewDuration, reviewType)

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "cardReviews",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "deck": "default",
          "startID": 1594194095740
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": [
          [1594194095746, 1485369733217, -1, 3,   4, -60, 2500, 6157, 0],
          [1594201393292, 1485369902086, -1, 1, -60, -60,    0, 4846, 0]
      ],
      "error": null
  }
  

• getLatestReviewID

  Returns the unix time of the latest review for the given deck. 0 if no review has ever been made for the deck.

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "getLatestReviewID",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "deck": "default"
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": 1594194095746,
      "error": null
  }
  

• insertReviews

  Inserts the given reviews into the database. Required format: list of 9-tuples (reviewTime, cardID, usn, buttonPressed, newInterval, previousInterval, newFactor, reviewDuration, reviewType)

  Sample request:

  {
      "action": "insertReviews",
      "version": 6,
      "params": {
          "reviews": [
              [1594194095746, 1485369733217, -1, 3,   4, -60, 2500, 6157, 0],
              [1594201393292, 1485369902086, -1, 1, -60, -60,    0, 4846, 0]
          ]
      }
  }
  

  Sample result:

  {
      "result": null,
      "error": null
  }