Get Entire Question And Answer From apy list

[Timlee1]

Is it possible to add a feature to get entire question and answer from apy list -a? I think currently the answer is truncated. I would like this so I can create script that converts my anki cards to markdown so that I can quickly search within neovim.

[lervag]

The current version of apy list will provide info on cards in a tabular format where the content is truncated to fit one card per line. What you are asking is a variant where we don't truncate the content. I agree this would be convenient, but it will need some discussion on how the output should actually look.

I'll propose the following:

1. Let's change the current apy list into apy card-tabular (or something like that).
2. Let's create apy list-notes with a single option -v --verbose.
3. Let's create apy list-cards with a single option -v --verbose.

I think the new commands are best explained by an example. I'll use data from my own database in the example. The QUERY argument is similar to the current query argument and allows to filter your database in the regular fashion:

apy list-notes

apy list-notes QUERY

# Note (nid: 1292384137849)
model: Geography: USA (7 cards)
tags: geography, leech

## name
Ohio

## location
<img src="paste-7980049235969.png" />

## largest_city
Columbus

## capital
Columbus

## bordering
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan

apy list-notes --verbose QUERY

# Note (nid: 1292384137849)
model: Geography: USA (7 cards)
tags: geography, leech
created: 2010-12-15 04:35
modified: 2023-07-18 21:16
Cards                    Due   Interval   Reps   Lapses   Factor
- bordering              120        316     44        8    170.0
- largest_city_reverse   633       1080     50        3    190.0
- capital                138        202     33        3    192.6
- bordering_reverse      321       1080     16        1    207.1
- capital_reverse        184        394     15        1    217.6
- largest_city           551       1080     34        4    222.1
- location               802       1080     13        1    231.2

## name
Ohio

## location
<img src="paste-7980049235969.png" />

## largest_city
Columbus

## capital
Columbus

## bordering
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan

apy list-cards

apy list-cards QUERY

# Card (cid: 1292384137852)
model: Geography: USA (7 cards)
tags: geography, leech

## Front
Which states border Ohio?

## Back
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan

# Card (cid: 1292384137850)
model: Geography: USA (7 cards)
tags: geography, leech

## Front
Which state borders to Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan?

## Back
Ohio

apy list-cards --verbose QUERY

# Card (cid: 1292384137852)
model: Geography: USA (7 cards)
tags: geography, leech
created: 2010-12-15 04:35
modified: 2023-07-18 21:16
due: 120
interval: 316
reps: 44
lapses: 8
ease factor: 170.0

## Front
Which states border to Ohio?

## Back
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan

# Card (cid: 1292384137850)
model: Geography: USA (7 cards)
tags: geography, leech
created: 2010-12-15 04:35
modified: 2023-07-18 21:16
due: 321
interval: 1080
reps: 16
lapses: 1
ease factor: 207.1

## Front
Which state borders to Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan?

## Back
Ohio

[lervag]

@eirikm I think you might be interested in this discussion.

[Timlee1]

Yes, this is exactly what I was looking for. Having the output in this format would be easy to view and parse.

[lervag]

Great. I've pushed a branch and opened a PR for this now: #117

Are you able to test this on your end based on the PR? Let me know if you need help with that. I would appreciate some feedback on this before I merge it.

[lervag]

Oh, and let's move the discussion into the PR.