💥 Remove write capabilities

This is until we can solve #137

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 0.3.15 -- 2023-10-11
+
+### Removed
+
+- `Collection.write` now raises a `NotImplementedError` because
+  https://github.com/klieret/AnkiPandas/issues/137 has so far not been
+  resolved and has caused numerous problems.
+
 ## 0.3.14 -- 2023-05-14
 
 ### Fixed

README.md

@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ your Anki flashcards.
     or switch to the even more versatile
     [seaborn](https://seaborn.pydata.org/) (statistical analysis) or
     [matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org/) libraries
--   **Manipulate & adding notes and cards**: Apply fast bulk operations to the table (e.g. add
+-   **Manipulate**: Apply fast bulk operations to the table (e.g. add
     tags, change decks, set field contents, suspend cards, \...) or
-    iterate over the table and perform these manipulations step by step. **This is still in alpha/beta! Proceed with care and please report bugs!** (but ankipandas will always create a backup of your database before changing something).
+    iterate over the table and perform these manipulations step by step.
+    **⚠️ This functionality is currently disabled until [#137](https://github.com/klieret/AnkiPandas/issues/137) has been resolved! ⚠️**
 -   **Import and Export**: Pandas can export to (and import from) csv,
     MS Excel, HTML, JSON, \... ([io
     documentation](https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/io.html))
@@ -161,7 +162,14 @@ notes.query("model=='MnemoticModel' and 'Mnemotic'==''")
 
 ## 🛠️ Manipulations
 
-**Please be careful and test this well!** Ankipandas will create a backup of your database before writing, so you can always restore the previous state. Please make sure that everything is working before continuing to use Anki normally!
+> **Danger**
+> Writing the database has currently been disabled until
+> [#137](https://github.com/klieret/AnkiPandas/issues/137) has been resolved.
+> Help is much appreviated!
+
+> **Warning**
+> **Please be careful and test this well!**
+> Ankipandas will create a backup of your database before writing, so you can always restore the previous state. Please make sure that everything is working before continuing to use Anki normally!
 
 Add the `difficult-japanese` and `marked` tag to all notes that contain
 the tags `Japanese` and `leech`:

ankipandas/collection.py

@@ -251,10 +251,17 @@ def write(
         add=False,
         delete=False,
         backup_folder: PurePath | str | None = None,
+        _override_exception=False,
     ):
         """Creates a backup of the database and then writes back the new
         data.
 
+        .. danger::
+
+            The write capabilities of ``AnkiPandas`` have currently been disabled
+            because of `#137 <https://github.com/klieret/AnkiPandas/issues/137/>`_.
+            Help in fixing this issue would be greatly appreciated!
+
         .. danger::
 
             The switches ``modify``, ``add`` and ``delete`` will run additional
@@ -280,6 +287,13 @@ def write(
         Returns:
             None
         """
+        if not _override_exception:
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "The write capabilities of AnkiPandas have currently been disabled"
+                " because of https://github.com/klieret/AnkiPandas/issues/137/. "
+                "Help in fixing this issue would be greatly appreciated!"
+            )
+
         if not modify and not add and not delete:
             log.warning(
                 "Please set modify=True, add=True or delete=True, you're"

ankipandas/test/test_collection.py

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def test_read_write_identical_trivial(db_path, tmpdir):
     (pathlib.Path(str(tmpdir)) / "backups").mkdir()
     col = Collection(db_path)
     _init_all_tables(col)
-    col.write(modify=True, delete=True, add=True)
+    col.write(modify=True, delete=True, add=True, _override_exception=True)
     col_rel = Collection(db_path)
     assert col.notes.equals(col_rel.notes)
     assert col.cards.equals(col_rel.cards)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def test_write_raises_delete(db_path, tmpdir):
     ]
     for case in cases:
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=".*would be deleted.*"):
-            col.write(**case, delete=False)
+            col.write(**case, delete=False, _override_exception=True)
 
 
 @parameterized_paths()
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def test_write_raises_modified(db_path, tmpdir):
     ]
     for case in cases:
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=".*would be modified.*"):
-            col.write(**case, modify=False)
+            col.write(**case, modify=False, _override_exception=True)
 
 
 @parameterized_paths()
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def test_write_raises_added(db_path, tmpdir):
     ]
     for case in cases:
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=".*would be modified.*"):
-            col.write(**case, add=False)
+            col.write(**case, add=False, _override_exception=True)
 
 
 @parameterized_paths()
@@ -128,4 +128,4 @@ def test_write_added(db_path, tmpdir):
     col = Collection(db_path)
     _init_all_tables(col)
     col.notes.add_note("Basic", ["test", "back"], inplace=True)
-    col.write(add=True)
+    col.write(add=True, _override_exception=True)

ankipandas/version.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.3.14
+0.3.15