The idea behind this one is pretty simple: I want to maintain a list on both MyAnimeList and AniList, but I don't want to make additions twice for each anime I watch.
- This script will grab your list from MyAnimeList using
seleniumand MyAnimeList's handy export feature. - I used
xml.etree.ElementTreefrom Python's standard library to parse the xml list file. - Dump the relevant list data in a
JSONfile. - Use the AniList API to grab my list on AniList.
- Dump the relevant list data in a
JSONfile. - Compare the two list
JSONfiles to see what's missing on your AniList. - Use the AniList API to update your list.
The first thing needed is an access token from AniList to update your list. Head to AniList to get it.
The second thing you need to add is our MAL username and password, this is needed to export your list.
Put the access token and your MAL credentials in a config.ini file in the project directory.
The file should look like so:
// config.ini
[System]
anilist_file: file-name.json
mal_file: file-name.json
mal_xml_file: file-name.xml
[Anilist]
username: your-user-name
user_id: your-user-id
ACCESS_TOKEN: your-access-token
[MAL]
username: your-user-name
password: your-password
After that, you need to setup your selenium driver. Download a chromedriver from here, place it somewhere convenient and note down the path to the driver.
Open up mal.py and update the DRIVER_PATH variale with your path.
Change the other variables at the top as needed.
Before running the script, run python3 -m unittest -v tests to see if everything is working.