Ability to create custom note types.

[burtonator]

I'd like the ability to add custom note types.

With Polar I want the ability to add new fields like Author, URL, screenshot, so that when I sync over notes they have extended metadata.

Right now I can only use the pre-existing note types ...

[FooSoft]

AnkiConnect was built as something to be used alongside Anki, so the idea is that the user sets up their deck there, and then your application allows the user to specify how they want the fields populated. So yes, you can already use custom note types. If you want to customize models in some way, I wouldn't mind a pull request with that behavior.

[c-okelly]

I too would be interested in this and might have the time to work on it.

Main issue would be to choose a proposed format for how to create the new models while and ensure as much flexibility as possible. I tried to choose the names to be as verbose as possible. Card templates can be 1-n. Fields also 1-n (Though not sure about the single field use case? Maybe 2-n?)

{
    "action": "createNewModel",
    "version": 6,
    "params": {
        "modelName": "newModelName",
        "inOrderFields": ["Field1", "Field2", "Field3"], 
        "cardTemplates": [
            {
                "Front": "Front htm {{Field1}}l",
                "Back": "Back html  {{Field2}}",
                "Css": "Optional CSS and default to builtin css",
            }
        ]
    }
}

Let me know what you think anyway

[c-okelly]

@FooSoft I think this issue can probably be closed!

[crimx]

Certain names(Date, Text, Note...) in inOrderFields are translated to other language if Anki is not in English. How to prevent that?

[crimx]

I think this is a bug since the field names in card template are not translated.