Anki export to CSV add-on

export_csv.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Anki add-on which adds "Notes in CSV format" option of Export desc dialog.

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"""
import csv

from anki.exporting import Exporter
from anki.hooks import addHook
from anki.lang import _
from anki.utils import  ids2str, splitFields


class CSVNoteExporter(Exporter):

    key = _("Notes in CSV format")
    ext = ".csv"
    db_query = """
select guid, flds, tags from notes
where id in
(select nid from cards
where cards.id in %s)
	"""

    def __init__(self, col):
        super(CSVNoteExporter, self).__init__(col)
        self.includeID = False
        self.includeTags = True

    def doExport(self, file):
    	writer = csv.writer(file)
        cardIds = self.cardIds()
        self.count = 0
        for _id, flds, tags in self.col.db.execute(self.db_query % ids2str(cardIds)):
            row = []
            # note id
            if self.includeID:
                row.append(str(_id))
            # fields
            row.extend([self.escapeText(f) for f in splitFields(flds)])
            # tags
            if self.includeTags:
                row.append(tags.strip())
            self.count += 1
            writer.writerow([x.encode("utf-8") for x in row])


def _id(obj):
    return ("%s (*%s)" % (obj.key, obj.ext), obj)

def update_exporters_list(exps):
	exps.append(_id(CSVNoteExporter))

addHook("exportersList", update_exporters_list)

Hey ! Thanks for this programm, it works well for me.

Could you help me with a little modification I would like to do ? I can't find how to change the separator of the csv format, which is currently a comma. I would like to put a semi-colon, or anything else to better separate the fields (I use comma in the cards, and Excel can't separate my fields properly).

The best solution would be to put the card and the solution into quotation marks, but I can't find a way either.

Thanks for you help !

I concur - something besides a comma would be great!

@ndmsp @rvrichards In order to do this without adding a GUI (which would be really nice!), you can edit the code.

1. Read csv.Dialect.
2. Find line 50, writer = csv.writer(file).
3. Edit this line to include some kwargs from the Dialect attribute list, e.g. writer = csv.writer(file, quoting = csv.QUOTE_ALL).
4. ???
5. Profit.

@chekunkov Is %s in an SQL query a good idea? Anki supports parameterised queries so you can use ? instead of %s then provide the thing you are providing to % as another argument to the self.col.db.execute function. It doesn't seem too bad in this case because it's client side and the only thing the user can destroy is their own stuff and it's using the result from an Anki function, but it's still best to provide good examples to new programmers.

@wizzwizz4 parameterised queries are not useful here. they'd quote the set. ids2str makes sure only integers are passed anyway, so your concerns aren't valid.