Feed to Anki (for Word of the Day RSS)

Feed to Anki: an Anki addon makes an RSS (or Atom) Feed into Anki cards. Note: This add-on works with both Anki 2.0 and Anki 2.1 (after Beta 14). NOTICE for version 0.3.2 users. If you tried to use version 0.3.2 and failed, please remove "Feed_to_Anki_for_Word_of_the_Day_RSS" from the Add-ons list and install the latest 0.3.3 for Anki 2.0.x. This addon was originally created to pull data from Word of the Day RSS Feeds, such as Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day or Macmillan Dictionary - Word of the Day. Fig 1. Card from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day How to run Menu: [Tools] - [Feed to Anki] Note Field vs Feed Element Mapping Front: title Back: description (RSS) or content/summary (Atom) Settings for Anki 2.0 To assign URL, target deck name and tags, edit variables in the source code. Menu: [Tools] - [Add-ons] - [Feed_to_Anki] - [Edit] Default setting points to "Oxford Learner's Dictionaries - Word of the Day" and "Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day". ##### Feeds info (URL, deck, tags) ##### feeds_info = [ {"URL": "http://www.merriam-webster.com/wotd/feed/rss2", "DECK": u"Word of the Day::Merriam-Webster", "tags": [u"wotd", u"MW"]}, {"URL": "http://feeds.feedburner.com/OAAD-WordOfTheDay?format=xml", "DECK": u"Word of the Day::Oxford", "tags": [u"wotd", u"OAAD"]}, ] ######################################## Settings for Anki 2.1 (after Beta 14) Configuration window opens by following steps: 1. Menu: [Tools] - [Addo-ons] 2. Choose [21FeedtoAnki...] in the add-ons list 3. Click [Config] button Fig 2. Configuration window Upgrade Compatibility (Localized version only) Since 0.3.2,'Front' and 'Back' field are required. Field names in some localized version: French, German and so on, but not Japanese, need to be changed to keep the same note type in the previous version as follows. Note Type Manager expected to be used for the modification. How to launch: [Tools] - [Manage Note Types] [e.g. French version] 1. Menu: [Outils] - [Types de notes] 2. Select "Feed_to_Anki" 3. Click [Champs] and change the field names. Recto -> Front Verso -> Back (日本語版はこの問題と関係ありません) Changelog 2017-08-29: 0.4.2 Add configuration with Config API (Beta 14 required). 2017-08-27: 0.3.3 [for Anki 2.0.x.] Repackage to fix a missing module. 2017-08-26: 0.4.1 Anki 2.1.x Beta 13 Compatible. Switched to built-in module. 2017-08-15: 0.4.0 Anki 2.1.x Compatible. Update the attached module. 2016-06-08: 0.3.2 Concise report. Keep the same note type after the lang changing. 2016-05-10: 0.3.1 Multi-feed support. Change modified note type management. 2016-05-08: 0.2.2 Fix Atom feed issue. 2016-05-07: 0.2.1 Improve performance. HTTPS partially support. 2016-05-01: 0.1.1 Fix the duplicates list format. 2016-04-30: 0.1.0 Initial release. 日本語ガイド Feed to Anki 毎日英単語のカードを増やせるアドオンでは、このアドオンの使い方について更に詳しく日本語で説明しています。