[ Add-on Support Thread ]🖼️Quick Images Downloader - GoogleAPI - Webp - for Reviewer (by Shige)

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This is a support thread for Bulk Image Downloader. If you have any problems or questions, please post them here.

Add-on code : 8280891

Description

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:framed_picture:This add-on is for downloading images in batches and adding them to the cards. Images are converted to webp, resized, and animated gifs are downloadable. Free Google Custom Search API and Google Search Engine ID are required.

:sparkling_heart:It was created with reference to Batch Image downloader and the idea was inspired by Batch Download Pictures From Google Images, and Paste Images As WebP.

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[ :dart:What it’s used for? ]

  1. Add images to many cards at once.
  2. Quickly add images to cards during reviews.
  3. Quickly add images when creating or editing cards.

[ :mechanical_arm:How Add-on Works ]

  1. Grabs text from selected notes field.
  2. Downloads images using Google Custom Search API and Google Search Engine ID.
  3. Auto convert to webp if the image is Jpg and Png.
  4. Resizes the image to 250px and saves it.

For more information, please check the AnkiWeb page.

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how does this work with cloze notes and cards, where the notes are large

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Could you also add colors for customizable ranges (like red for 1 to 5, orange for 5-10 again or lapse) and make the numbers or icons bigger in the Today Again Count addon

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  • [ Bulk image downloader ] Search for images from Google using text from the field except {{c1:}} and HTML, etc.
  • [ TodayAgainCount ] I plan to add items for visualization, but this add-on is not very popular so development priority is quite low and I develop on a whim.
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I did input Google API and Search ID, the progress show that finsished but didn’t show any image to my card.

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[1] In these cases, it will be displayed as such.

  • Cannot find the image
  • Not sure of image file format.

Please test if it works with a simple word.

[2] Please check if these settings in Google Search Engine are enabled.

  • What to search? → Seearch the entire web[ON]
  • Search settings → Image search[ON]
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This add-on is not very user friendly because I developed it for my own learning purposes. I plan to enhance the tutorials and functions to make it easier for everyone to use. (It would be ideal to be able to quickly add images and content in bulk with one click of a button during a review)

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Not working - shows finished processing but no changes to my cards. Am on latest version of anki. Image Search and Search the Entire Web in the programmable search engine settings are turned on, maybe i’ve set up my api key incorrecntly.

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Hi thanks for reporting the problem. So far it is working fine on my device so I think this add-on is not broken. As you said there could be a problem with the API or the search engine, or the image could not be found.

The reason there is no tutorial yet is that this add-on is intended for my own use. There is another popular add-on by another author “Batch Download Pictures From Google Images (561924305)”, which is easy because it does not require an API.

So this my add-on is for advanced users (API has several advantages), beginners will not use it in the first place (Advanced users and developers solve problems on their own, so in my opinion there is no need to write tutorials for them). If you want to use my add-on for some reason please contact me again and I will support you.

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I have tried all other add ons for bulk adding images and none of them worked but this one was the closest so i would like help with this one if it s okay.

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Hi, I added a new function to the add-on to show feedback when errors occur. After updating (Tools → add-ons → Check for Updates) please check if something is displayed. (And try to use a single note and keep the text in the field simple.)

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I got it to work now, thanks so much. This is super useful for improving my vocab flashcards. I’ll change my review lol

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Hey, thanks for the great addon.
On start, I get the error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'filetype'. I managed to fix it by installing it via pip install --target . filetype and then using a relative import: from . import filetype

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Hi thanks for reporting the problem.If I remember correctly this add-on does not use the filetype module, so the error is strange? My other add-on AnkiTerminator uses the filetype module.

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It does in the googleAPI.py file.

Also in the same file there is the line:

elif ext not in ['.jpeg', '.png', '.webp']:

which also filters .jpg extensions. For me this led to a lot of images unnecessarily being filtered out leading to the “Image not found :-O” error.

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I couldn’t find it. The code at the time uses imghdr to identify the file, older versions may have used filetype but I don’t remember. Is the add-on up to date?

jpg files are automatically renamed to jpeg, so if you can’t find the image that’s another problem. Sometimes websites do not allow bots to download images. Such images cannot be downloaded.

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Pre-release Anki seems to break imghdr so I have included filetype by default in the new version of add-on. When using filetype it seems that the image is jpg and not added as you said, so I fixed it. I also fixed the code so that if the extension of the image is unknown the image is not converted to webp but is added as is, so I think those problems are probably solved.