UWorld QID Error Anki Version 25.09.2

[Tanner42]

UWorld QID Error
I am an anki hub and anki VIP member. I am utilizing the MCAT V2 deck with the most current Anki form of 25.09.2.

I am attempting to use the UWorld QID search, following the instructions on the anking website here:
https://courses.theanking.com/products/anking-vip-bronze-tier/categories/4374320/posts/2157381293

This has been unsuccessful - I am trying to import from UWorld to Anki. I have restarted Anki multiple times. I have deleted the add-on and re-downloaded it. I followed the instructions straight form AnkiVIP and similarly, this is where I downloaded the add on from - this is not the placeholder. I see there was another issue similar to this back in October which can be found here:
#137

• There was no resolution after this thread -

Please let me know what I can do to resolve this or if there is a deeper issue at hand. Thank you for your time.

Checklist

Please replace the space inside the brackets with an x if the following items apply:

• I've restarted Anki to see if it helps
• I've verified that I use the latest version of the add-on by redownloading it from AnkiWeb
• I've tried to disable other add-ons to see if there are any interactions present
• [] My issue disappears when I hold shift while starting Anki.
• I've checked if anyone else reported this problem before by looking through the issue reports. I also checked to see if there is a section about known issues in the add-on description, documentation, or README.

What Anki version are you using?

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25.09.2

Error message (if any)

If you've received an error message, please copy and paste it between the backticks below:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:\Users\tanne\AppData\Local\AnkiProgramFiles\python\cpython-3.13.5-windows-x86_64-none\Lib\concurrent\futures\thread.py", line 59, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)

  File "C:\Users\tanne\AppData\Local\AnkiProgramFiles\.venv\Lib\site-packages\aqt\operations\__init__.py", line 108, in wrapped_op
    return self._op(mw.col)
           ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^

  File "C:\Users\tanne\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\607963104\__init__.py", line 454, in op
    return import_helper(col, user_text)

  File "C:\Users\tanne\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\607963104\__init__.py", line 332, in import_helper
    all_qids_in_tags_in_col = get_all_qids_used_in_tags()

  File "C:\Users\tanne\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\607963104\__init__.py", line 313, in get_all_qids_used_in_tags
    return search_for_notes_with_qid_tags(mw.col.build_search_string(*nodes, joiner="OR"))
                                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  File "C:\Users\tanne\AppData\Local\AnkiProgramFiles\.venv\Lib\site-packages\anki\collection.py", line 789, in build_search_string
    term = self.group_searches(*nodes, joiner=joiner)

  File "C:\Users\tanne\AppData\Local\AnkiProgramFiles\.venv\Lib\site-packages\anki\collection.py", line 801, in group_searches
    assert nodes
           ^^^^^

AssertionError

[AnKingMed]

@abdnh can you look into this? It's working on my version but maybe a new version thing?

[Tanner42]

For reference, after I copy and paste the QIDs from UWorld, I get the below error message:

[abdnh]

@Tanner42 Can you go to Tools > Add-ons, select the add-on and press Config, and copy & paste the text here?

[Tanner42]

@abdnh Text pasted below - screenshot attached as well
{
"(if many notes are selected): qids by order of notes (true) or by random (false)": false,
"Anking_Deck_version": 12,
"Auto": false,
"Browser menu used": "&UWorld",
"MCAT": true,
"Max elements in exported string": 40,
"Only one uworld qid per anki note on same export if sufficient other qids": true,
"Relevant tags": [],
"store non matched qids": true
}

[abdnh]

@Tanner42 You can work around the issue for now by clicking "Restore Defaults" then OK.

[Andyandyliu945]

@abdnh I just downloaded this add-on and have the same issue. I tried clicking "Restoring Defaults" then OK in the Config, but it doesn't help. Is there any other solution? Thanks!
As a reference, here is my error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/Users/andy_liu/Library/Application Support/AnkiProgramFiles/python/cpython-3.13.5-macos-aarch64-none/lib/python3.13/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 59, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)

  File "/Users/andy_liu/Library/Application Support/AnkiProgramFiles/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aqt/operations/__init__.py", line 108, in wrapped_op
    return self._op(mw.col)
           ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^

  File "/Users/andy_liu/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/607963104/__init__.py", line 454, in op
    return import_helper(col, user_text)

  File "/Users/andy_liu/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/607963104/__init__.py", line 332, in import_helper
    all_qids_in_tags_in_col = get_all_qids_used_in_tags()

  File "/Users/andy_liu/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/607963104/__init__.py", line 313, in get_all_qids_used_in_tags
    return search_for_notes_with_qid_tags(mw.col.build_search_string(*nodes, joiner="OR"))
                                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  File "/Users/andy_liu/Library/Application Support/AnkiProgramFiles/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/anki/collection.py", line 789, in build_search_string
    term = self.group_searches(*nodes, joiner=joiner)

  File "/Users/andy_liu/Library/Application Support/AnkiProgramFiles/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/anki/collection.py", line 801, in group_searches
    assert nodes
           ^^^^^

AssertionError

And Config:

{
    "(if many notes are selected): qids by order of notes (true) or by random (false)": false,
    "Anking_Deck_version": 12,
    "Auto": false,
    "Browser menu used": "&UWorld",
    "MCAT": false,
    "Max elements in exported string": 40,
    "Only one uworld qid per anki note on same export if sufficient other qids": true,
    "Relevant tags": [],
    "store non matched qids": true
}

@Tanner42 You can work around the issue for now by clicking "Restore Defaults" then OK.

[abdnh]

@Andyandyliu945 What's the test option set to? The error shouldn't be triggered if you have Auto selected (which is the default).

[Andyandyliu945]

@Andyandyliu945 What's the test option set to? The error shouldn't be triggered if you have Auto selected (which is the default).

Ohhh, I see. I did have the test option manually selected to MCAT after I clicked "Restoring Defaults." The error didn't show up when I have Auto selected. Thank you so much!

[abdnh]

I think the issue that the MCAT config was not being considered in the import option. I pushed a fix for that and made the add-on show a useful error if there is no test enabled and auto mode is disabled.

@AnKingMed I created a release: https://github.com/AnKing-VIP/uworld_qid_to_anki_search/releases/tag/1.28

[AnKingMed]

@Tanner42 @Andyandyliu945 I just updated the VIP posts with the new version so you can get it.

Thanks @abdnh for fixing that!

[Tanner42]

@AnKingMed @abdnh - This is great, thank you all for the help. For clarification, do i need to go back into the anking course and redownload the butler addon or how should I go about the update for this?

[AnKingMed]

It would be through the AnKing VIP, not the butler add-on
https://www.theanking.com/vip