brainscape2csv.py

# Importing the libraries
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests
import sys
import re
import argparse
import os
import csv

# Function to generate cards using the given html page
def generateCards(htmlPage):
    # Set the arrays
    questionsData = []
    answersData = []

    # Loop the search for all of the questions, not only 30 (the Brainscape's questions limit by page)
    i = 1
    while i < 5:
        # Look for up to 5 possible pages
        url = htmlPage + '?page=' + str(i)

        # Fetch the raw HTML content
        content = requests.get(url).text

        # Parse the desired content
        soup = BeautifulSoup(content, "lxml")

        # Find the cards table
        cardTable = soup.find('div', {'class': 'market-content'})

        # Find the questions and answers
        questionsData += cardTable.find_all(attrs={'class': 'card-question-text'})
        answersData += cardTable.find_all(attrs={'class': 'card-answer-text'})
        i += 1

    if len(questionsData) == len(answersData):
        with open('export.csv', 'w', newline='') as csvfile:
            ankiExport=csv.writer(csvfile)
            for x in range(len(questionsData)):
                ankiExport.writerow([questionsData[x].get_text().strip(), answersData[x].get_text().strip().replace('>', '\n')])


generateCards(sys.argv[1])