Obsidian_to_Anki v3.4.0 - a feature-rich plugin that allows you to add notes from Obsidian to Anki

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@sunset-rise Nevermind, I think I can guess what problem you were having. Did you run the script over a directory of files, and they had different TARGET DECKS? If so, I just figured out that the script has a bug, where it only takes the TARGET DECK of the last file. This should be fixed for v1.3

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Yes the script is running in the same directory,
Cool, thanks!

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UPDATE: v2.0 has released! This is a big update, as it adds the ability for users to define custom syntax for their flashcards.
@sunset-rise The bug should be fixed in v2.0
@WhiteNoise I didnā€™t end up implementing your --crude mode directly, but the ā€˜header paragraphā€™ style should suit your needs.
I think Iā€™m going to take a break from development for now, apart from bugfixes. I hope you all find the script useful.

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thanks @Pseudonium

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Ah thanks @WhiteNoise for pinning this! I also saw you linking to this post from a bunch of others, thanks again!

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UPDATE: v2.1 just released, which adds support for audio files! Finally, I can get rid of that ā€˜Not Supportedā€™ sectionā€¦

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UPDATE: v2.2 just released, which gives a GUI to the script! Hopefully itā€™s a little more user-friendly than before.

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@Pseudonium: well done! I just downloaded the latest: how do I get it to open the GUI?

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@Klaas Just running the script with no args/double-clicking should open the GUI. I did add a new dependency - you should run pip install Gooey if you havenā€™t already.

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Hi, man, in Ob ver 0.8.15, Ob supports url hook(obsidian://vault/blabla/link), could you add a new feature that when I want to output anki cards, those anki card will be output with notes links, so I could jump from anki to Ob to review all the note. Use anki to schedule my ob notesā€™ reviewing.

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@Aonto Ooh, interesting! Thatā€™s an insider build at the moment, so Iā€™d have to wait until it became public. Iā€™m also not sure how exactly Iā€™d get the hook for the current file without some sort of plugin API.

Edit: Just checked the notes, and you can use an absolute path! That shouldnā€™t be too difficult to implement then.

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Oh you just need to add a script like get_path() to get markdown filename.

Hook link format just like ā€˜Obsidian://vault/vaultname/filenameā€™, which is like wiki link in ob. I think it is easy to achieve by using python.

Edit: By the way, absolute path can be used too. However, relative path allowed me to use anki and obsidian both on macOS or win. So please implement them both.

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So do absolute paths not work on macOS or something?

Edit: Ah, now I get it. The absolute path will be different on different operating systems, so you canā€™t transfer notes as easily. Hmm, Iā€™ll see about implementing relative paths, but I canā€™t guarantee Iā€™ll be able to.

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UPDATE: v2.4.0 just released - the GUI is updated, and you can now disable it if you wish to run the script from the command-line. Iā€™ve also made it so that the script attempts to update the config file if there was an error reading it.

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Is it possible to hide the IDs from the original notes? Like with a HTML comment?

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Intriguing idea. Iā€™d likely have to rework some of the program, and itā€™d be an option in the config file (not on by default). And it wouldnā€™t play well with mixed identifiers (some commented and some not). But that might be possible, yes.

I have been working on the program quite a bit recently, so Iā€™m not sure when Iā€™d be able to do this - donā€™t want to burn out or anything.

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Youā€™ve done a great work with this script. Itā€™s very useful and powerful.
Avoid burning out, relax a bit

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@DavidsonTwo Ah thanks so much, I really needed to hear that!

Iā€™ve made a Trello board for planned features now (see original post), so itā€™s easier for me to keep track.

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UPDATE: v2.5.0 has released.
Lots of new things in this update:

  • Updated GUI to make it even clearer
  • Script now has a setup file
  • IDs are now wrapped in HTML comments by default
  • Regex mode can now be configured to be on by default
  • Script now falls back to a command-line interface if Gooey isnā€™t installed

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed issue with generating field substitutions dictionary
  • Fixed math formatting being incorrectly interpreted as HTML tags
  • Documentation made slightly clearer in certain places

@DavidsonTwo Added your useful feature!

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