hearthstone2anki.py

import json
import argparse
import requests


def extend_lang(lang: str):
    if lang == 'en':
        return 'enUS'
    return lang.lower() + lang.upper()

CARDS_API_URL = 'https://api.hearthstonejson.com/v1/23180/{}/cards.collectible.json'

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Generate hearthstone card names as language pairs in CSV format.')
parser.add_argument('--from', dest='main_lang', metavar='FROM_LANG', default='en',
                    help='main language to generate language pairs')
parser.add_argument('--to', metavar='TO_LANG', nargs='+', default=['fr'],
                    help='additional foreign languages to generate card names')

args = parser.parse_args()

main_lang = args.main_lang
destination_langs = args.to

# generate pairs
cards = {}
for card in requests.get(CARDS_API_URL.format(extend_lang(main_lang))).json():
    if "name" in card:
        cards[card['dbfId']] = {"main_flavor": card.get("flavor", ""), "main_name": card["name"]}
for lang in destination_langs:
    data = requests.get(CARDS_API_URL.format(extend_lang(lang))).json()
    for card in data:
        if "name" in card:
            cards[card['dbfId']].update({"flavor_{}".format(lang): card.get("flavor", ""),
                                         "name_{}".format(lang): card["name"]})
# output CSV
out = open("anki_hearthstone_cards.tsv", "w")
for card in cards.values():
    extra_names = '\t'.join([card['name_{}'.format(lang)] for lang in destination_langs])
    out.write('\t'.join([card['main_name'], extra_names]) + '\n')
out.close()