1.4.0 frontmatter API

manifest.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "id": "flashcards-obsidian",
   "name": "Flashcards",
   "version": "1.6.5",
-  "minAppVersion": "0.9.17",
+  "minAppVersion": "1.4.0",
   "description": "Anki integration",
   "author": "Alex Colucci",
   "authorUrl": "https://github.com/reuseman",

package.json

@@ -1,20 +1,10 @@
 {
-  "name": "flashcards",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
-  "description": "An Anki integration.",
-  "main": "main.js",
-  "scripts": {
-    "dev": "rollup --config rollup.config.js -w --environment BUILD:dev",
-    "build": "rollup --config rollup.config.js --environment BUILD:production",
-    "test": "jest"
-  },
-  "keywords": [
-    "obsidian",
-    "anki",
-    "flashcards"
-  ],
   "author": "",
-  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@types/showdown": "^1.9.3",
+    "showdown": "^1.9.1"
+  },
+  "description": "An Anki integration.",
   "devDependencies": {
     "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^15.1.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^9.0.0",
@@ -25,16 +15,26 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.7.0",
     "eslint": "^8.4.1",
     "jest": "^29.2.2",
-    "obsidian": "https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-api/tarball/master",
+    "obsidian": "latest",
     "rollup": "^2.52.2",
     "rollup-plugin-copy": "^3.4.0",
     "ts-jest": "^29.0.3",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
     "tslib": "^2.3.0",
     "typescript": "^4.3.4"
   },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@types/showdown": "^1.9.3",
-    "showdown": "^1.9.1"
-  }
+  "keywords": [
+    "obsidian",
+    "anki",
+    "flashcards"
+  ],
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "main": "main.js",
+  "name": "flashcards",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "rollup --config rollup.config.js --environment BUILD:production",
+    "dev": "rollup --config rollup.config.js -w --environment BUILD:dev",
+    "test": "jest"
+  },
+  "version": "0.2.0"
 }

rollup.config.js

@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ if (process.env.BUILD === "dev") {
   configs.push(DEV_PLUGIN_CONFIG);
 }
 
-export default configs;
+export default configs;

src/services/cards.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
   FileSystemAdapter,
   FrontMatterCache,
   Notice,
-  parseFrontMatterEntry,
   TFile,
 } from "obsidian";
 import { Parser } from "src/services/parser";
@@ -58,8 +57,8 @@ export class CardsService {
     // Parse frontmatter
     const frontmatter = fileCachedMetadata.frontmatter;
     let deckName = "";
-    if (parseFrontMatterEntry(frontmatter, "cards-deck")) {
-      deckName = parseFrontMatterEntry(frontmatter, "cards-deck");
+    if (frontmatter["cards-deck"]) {
+      deckName = frontmatter["cards-deck"];
     } else if (this.settings.folderBasedDeck && activeFile.parent.path !== "/") {
       // If the current file is in the path "programming/java/strings.md" then the deck name is "programming::java"
       deckName = activeFile.parent.path.split("/").join("::");
@@ -92,8 +91,10 @@ export class CardsService {
         filePath,
         globalTags
       );
-      const [cardsToCreate, cardsToUpdate, cardsNotInAnki] =
-        this.filterByUpdate(ankiCards, cards);
+      const [cardsToCreate, cardsToUpdate, cardsNotInAnki] = this.filterByUpdate(
+        ankiCards,
+        cards
+      );
       const cardIds: number[] = this.getCardsIds(ankiCards, cards);
       const cardsToDelete: number[] = this.parser.getCardsToDelete(this.file);
 
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ export class CardsService {
       this.insertMedias(cards, sourcePath);
       await this.deleteCardsOnAnki(cardsToDelete, ankiBlocks);
       await this.updateCardsOnAnki(cardsToUpdate);
-      await this.insertCardsOnAnki(cardsToCreate, frontmatter, deckName);
+      await this.insertCardsOnAnki(cardsToCreate);
 
       // Update decks if needed
       const deckNeedToBeChanged = await this.deckNeedToBeChanged(
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ export class CardsService {
         }
       }
 
+      this.updateFrontmatter(frontmatter, deckName);
+
       if (!this.notifications.length) {
         this.notifications.push("Nothing to do. Everything is up to date");
       }
@@ -185,11 +188,7 @@ export class CardsService {
     }
   }
 
-  private async insertCardsOnAnki(
-    cardsToCreate: Card[],
-    frontmatter: FrontMatterCache,
-    deckName: string
-  ): Promise<number> {
+  private async insertCardsOnAnki(cardsToCreate: Card[]): Promise<number> {
     if (cardsToCreate.length) {
       let insertedCards = 0;
       try {
@@ -212,7 +211,6 @@ export class CardsService {
           card.reversed ? (total += 2) : total++;
         });
 
-        this.updateFrontmatter(frontmatter, deckName);
         this.writeAnkiBlocks(cardsToCreate);
 
         this.notifications.push(
@@ -227,31 +225,11 @@ export class CardsService {
   }
 
   private updateFrontmatter(frontmatter: FrontMatterCache, deckName: string) {
-    let newFrontmatter = "";
-    const cardsDeckLine = `cards-deck: ${deckName}\n`;
-    if (frontmatter) {
-      const oldFrontmatter: string = this.file.substring(
-        frontmatter.position.start.offset,
-        frontmatter.position.end.offset
-      );
-      if (!oldFrontmatter.match(this.regex.cardsDeckLine)) {
-        newFrontmatter =
-          oldFrontmatter.substring(0, oldFrontmatter.length - 3) +
-          cardsDeckLine +
-          "---";
-        this.totalOffset += cardsDeckLine.length;
-        this.file =
-          newFrontmatter +
-          this.file.substring(
-            frontmatter.position.end.offset,
-            this.file.length + 1
-          );
-      }
-    } else {
-      newFrontmatter = `---\n${cardsDeckLine}---\n\n`;
-      this.totalOffset += newFrontmatter.length;
-      this.file = newFrontmatter + this.file;
-    }
+    const activeFile = this.app.workspace.getActiveFile();
+
+    this.app.fileManager.processFrontMatter(activeFile, (frontmatter) => {
+      frontmatter["cards-deck"] = deckName;
+    });
   }
 
   private writeAnkiBlocks(cardsToCreate: Card[]) {