Script to sort the wanikani deck by level, radical, kanji, and vocab.

sort_cards.py

# Updated for Windows Anki Distribution. Handles cases on Tags, and provides progress.
# TODO Need to pip install anki within your python path, can use cmd. "pip install anki"
import os
from typing import List
from anki.storage import Collection
import pdb

# the deck: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2072613354
# TODO replace YOUR_USER_NAME
col = Collection(r'C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\User 1\collection.anki2')  # Use raw string (r'')

deck_id = col.decks.id('WaniKani')
deck = col.decks.get(deck_id)
cards = col.find_cards("deck:WaniKani")

def find_level(tags: List[str]):
    level = ""
    typ = None  # Initialize typ as None to handle unexpected cases
    for tag in tags:
        tag_lower = tag.lower()  # Normalize to lowercase for case-insensitive comparison
        if 'level' in tag_lower:
            level = tag
        elif tag_lower == 'radical':
            typ = 0
        elif tag_lower == 'kanji':
            typ = 1
        elif tag_lower == 'vocab':
            typ = 2
        else:
            raise RuntimeError("fu")
    return level, typ


cards.sort(key=lambda card_id: find_level(col.get_card(card_id).note().tags))

total_cards = len(cards)

for i, card_id in enumerate(cards):
    if i % 10 == 0 or i == total_cards - 1:
        print(f"Processing card {i+1}/{total_cards}...")
    
    card = col.get_card(card_id)
    card.due = i
    col.update_card(card)

print("DONE!")

col.decks.save(deck)
col.close()