Automate inserting cards in the Mnemosyne database

[Benjamin Frazier]

I would really like to automate the process of inserting cards into the Mnemosyne database on my Mac. I found the following code from the example_scripts folder after downloading Mnemosyne for Linux:

---- code ---
from mnemosyne.script import Mnemosyne

# 'data_dir = None' will use the default system location, edit as
appropriate.
data_dir = None
mnemosyne = Mnemosyne(data_dir)

for format in self.mnemosyne.component_manager.all("file_format"):
if format.__class__.__name__ == "Mnemosyne2Cards":
format.do_import(filename)

mnemosyne.finalise()
--- end code ---

What I would like to know is how I could use this python script to automatically insert cards in my Mnemosyne database with an answer and question (I really just need one example). I realize that I could just use python add_card.py to add run the python script but I get the following error when I do this:

--- error -------
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "add_card_copy.py", line 5, in <module>
from mnemosyne.script import Mnemosyne
ImportError: No module named mnemosyne.script
---end error ----

My question is, How can I add the mnemosyne.script file in the same folder that I have the add_cards.py file in order to automatically insert cards into my Mnemosyne database?

Thanks,

[Peter Bienstman]

Hi,

On Windows and Mac, the installer is a self-contained copy of Python and Mnemosyne which contains everything you need to run it.

In order to get access to the scripting capabilities on that platform, you need to install the linux tarball in such a way that the libraries are installed in your system's Python installation. You also need to take care of all the dependencies.

Since I don't have access to a Mac, I cannot give concrete instructions, but hopefully this is enough to get you started.

Cheers,

Peter

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[Benjamin Frazier]

Peter, 

    

    I got it working on my mac by using virtual box .  I downloaded an ubuntu 14.04 LTS iso file from ubuntu and created a ubuntu virtual box virtual machine.  I followed the instructions for building mnemosyne using the following link: hacking-mnemosyne.  I thought I would go ahead and post the procedure I used to help anyone else out that may have the same problem I did.  

1.  I installed the following packages on the ubuntu virtual box image using the following command from the terminal: 

sudo apt-get install python-cherrypy3 python-apsw python-virtualenv mnemosyne python-qt4-dev pyqt4-dev-tools qt4-designer python-qt4-sql libqt4-sql-sqlite python-matplotlib python-qt4-phonon python-sphinx python-webob -y

2.  I checked out the mnemosyne-proj project using the following commands in the terminal:

a. mkdir ~/bz

b. cd ~/bz

c. bzr branch lp:mnemosyne-proj

3. I then built the mnemosyne-pro project using the following commands in the terminal:

a. cd ~/bz/mnemosyne-pro/mnemosyne

b. sudo make setup

c. sudo make

4. After building the project I could go use the add_card.py python script to automate inserting cards into the mnemosyne database using the following commands in the terminal:

a.  cd ~/bz/mnemosyne-pro/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/example_scripts/

b.  python add_cards.py

The script uses the whatever is current the default mnemosyne database.  On Linux machines, this is usually located at ~/.local/share/mnemosyne/default.db.  Once you run the script you will get no feed back in the terminal about whether your cards were added or not.  You will just have to open mnemosyne to see if there is a card titled, "front" and a card titled, "back" that was inserted into your database.  

You can then use a python "for statement" in front of the fact_data = {"f": "front", "b": "back"} that is in the add_cards.py script to automate the process of inserting cards into your mnemosyne database.  For example, I created a file (in the same directory as the add_cards.py script) that contained a bunch of data.  I then used python to open the file, read the lines in the file, and automatically insert the data into the mnemosyne database programmatically.  You can then sync mnemosyne with other clients, it works great...

 

Thanks,   

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[Peter Bienstman]

Glad you got it working, and thanks for sharing!

Peter

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