Code to create a card?

Anki Development
1

hi, can someone help me figure out how to add a new card in python? This only works sometimes, so it must be wrong.

from aqt import mw
model = mw.col.models.byName("cardTypeNameHere")
new_note = mw.col.newNote(model)
new_note.model()["did"] = mw.col.decks.id("deckNameHere")
new_note["fieldNameA"] = 'foo'
new_note["fieldNameB"] = 'bar'
mw.col.addNote(new_note)

I think this is not the correct way to specify the deck and card type of new_note.

Thanks for any help!

2

Try passing the deck ID to addNote instead:

from aqt import mw
model = mw.col.models.byName("cardTypeNameHere")
new_note = mw.col.newNote(model)
new_note["fieldNameA"] = 'foo'
new_note["fieldNameB"] = 'bar'
did = mw.col.decks.id("deckNameHere")
mw.col.addNote(new_note, did)
3

I’m catching an error on that 4th line

KeyError: 'fieldNameA'

and I’ve confirmed through the REPL that the line above it (new_note = mw.col.newNote(model)) is not creating a note of tpye “cardTypeNameHere”.

Instead, it is creating a note of whichever type I last created by hand through anki’s “Add” gui window.

In other words, when I press “Add” to create a new card by hand, whatever the card type is shown there, that’s the same card type that new_note = mw.col.newNote(model) creates in python

4

col.newNote() is deprecated and takes a boolean, not a notetype. Use col.new_note() which has the signature you expect.
I’d advise you to look at the source code or enable type hints.

5

ok just figured it out. Yeah I’m pretty new to OOP in general, and learning how to read this stuff.

For any future searchers, this (ugly) code works:

new_note = mw.col.new_note(mw.col.models.get(mw.col.models.id_for_name("cardTypeNameHere")))
new_note["fieldNameA"] = 'foo'
new_note["fieldNameB"] = 'bar'
did = mw.col.decks.id("deckNameHere")
mw.col.add_note(new_note, did)