Simple anki export of a Plover steno dictionary using the genanki (https://github.com/kerrickstaley/genanki) library

export.py

# Copyright (C) 2024 Warren Henning
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import json
import random
import sys
from collections import defaultdict

import genanki

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 3 or sys.argv[1] == "--help":
        print("Usage: export.py <JSON path> <export name>")
        sys.exit(1)

    json_file_path = sys.argv[1]
    export_name = sys.argv[2]

    print(f"Reading in {json_file_path}")

    with open(json_file_path, "r") as f:
        data: dict = json.load(f)

    model_id = random.randrange(1 << 30, 1 << 31)

    while True:
        deck_id = random.randrange(1 << 30, 1 << 31)
        if deck_id != model_id:
            break

    deck = genanki.Deck(deck_id, f"{export_name} export")

    model = genanki.Model(
        model_id,
        'Steno Model',
        fields=[
            {'name': 'Word'},
            {'name': 'Outline'},
        ],
        templates=[
            {
                'name': 'Card 1',
                'qfmt': '<h1>{{Word}}</h1>',
                'afmt': '<h1>{{FrontSide}}</h1><br/><hr id="answer"><br/><h1>{{Outline}}</h1>',
            },
        ])

    words = defaultdict(list)

    # group up all outlines for a given word into a list
    for key, value in data.items():
        words[value].append(key)

    for key, value in words.items():
        note = genanki.Note(
            model=model,
            fields=[key, " | ".join(value)]
        )
        deck.add_note(note)

    package_name = f"{export_name}.apkg"
    print(f"Writing exported entries out to {package_name}")
    genanki.Package(deck).write_to_file(package_name)
    print("Done")

requirements.txt

cached-property==1.5.2
chevron==0.14.0
frozendict==2.4.4
genanki==0.13.1
PyYAML==6.0.2