I use AnkiWeb to sync my decks across various devices. I want to set up an additional cron job from a Linux machine to back up my data from AnkiWeb to a local file for safekeeping. I read here on this forum [1] that it suffices to back up the Anki data directory, which on my workstation (where I hav…

This: [image] Automatic deck backups (export) from the command line (Linux) Help I want to export all of the decks of my user, and store them safely as an offline backup. I want to run it from a script periodically (probably through a cronjob), instead of having to manual…

I never tried to run a flatpak from a cron job, but maybe the following could help you a bit? Maybe you need to setup QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH, so that the app can find the plugins? It apparently often points to /var/lib/flatpak/app/<app-id>/current/active/files/lib/qt6/plugins/platform. Maybe f…

Thank you! I’ll play with your suggestions, but I take this to mean that the correct way to approach this is definitely to try to get the full client to run offscreen? I.e. there’s no flag I can issue at the command line to say “Don’t load the GUI, just sync decks and exit”? Or something similar wit…

[image] mk71645511: I.e. there’s no flag I can issue at the command line to say “Don’t load the GUI, just sync decks and exit”? Not that I know of, no. [image] mk71645511: Or something similar with curl to ankiweb.org and an API key… At least not officially, as far as I know. Maybe…

Command-Line Use - Writing Anki Add-ons If you automate syncing, please do it infrequently to avoid server impact.

Of course :slight_smile: Would you be able to link me to a more specific section of the API docs? The part you linked assumes a local .anki2 database and doesn’t say anything about how to retrieve/sync this from the server. I found this page about the database but it again seems to assume a local …

You’ll need to read the source and/or generate the API docs with something like uvx --install anki python -m pydoc anki.collection

Trigger AnkiWeb sync from Linux command line

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sorata May 26, 2025, 4:20pm 2

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You could include a link inside a code block, by the way.

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