FR: Access to DB from v3 scheduler custom JS

Anki Suggestions
1

Will it be possible to access the DB to perform queries from the JS? This will be useful for custom scheduling algorithms that take into account a card’s review history, current deck settings, etc.

I posted a proposal for a new default Anki algorithm (also cross-posted on Reddit where it generated a lot of upvotes) a while ago. If the v3 JS code can access the DB and deck settings, then there’s no need to bake this into Anki at all.

I’m a developer myself and would be happy to contribute to adding this feature to the v3 scheduler. Please let me know.

Thank you: )

2

Direct DB access is unlikely, but access to the review history may come in a future update.

1 Like
3

That’s great to hear! Being able to access a card’s:

  • Historical ease, i.e. select ease from revlog where cid = ?
  • Historical ease factors, i.e. "select factor from revlog where cid = ? and factor > 0
  • Card’s deck settings or at least the default starting ease of a card), i.e. mw.col.decks.confForDid( deck_id)['new']['initialFactor']

would be critical for me to reimplement my proposed algorithm with the new scheduler.

Again, happy to contribute to the work, please keep me posted if you need any help :smiley: