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--- dev:client_coding:javascript_api [2018/09/09 05:08] – [API Methods] zuphilip
+++ dev:client_coding:javascript_api [2019/01/22 00:34] – [Zotero JavaScript API] dstillman
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 ====== Zotero JavaScript API ======
-Whereas Zotero's [[dev:web_api|Server API]] allows read and write access to online Zotero libraries, it is also possible to access the local Zotero client through the JavaScript API. (It is also possible to [[dev/client_coding/direct_sqlite_database_access|directly access the local SQLite database]], but that approach is much more fragile.)
+Whereas Zotero's [[dev:web_api|Web API]] allows read and write access to online Zotero libraries, it is also possible to access the local Zotero client through the local JavaScript API. (It is also possible to [[dev/client_coding/direct_sqlite_database_access|directly access the local SQLite database]], but that approach is much more fragile.)
 Note that the (mostly user-contributed) documentation of the JavaScript API is not comprehensive. If you use the JavaScript API in ways beyond what's described here, please consider expanding this wiki page.
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 the Zotero database.  This includes items and notes.
-<code javascript>  var related_items = item.relatedItemsBidirectional </code>
+<code javascript>  var related_items = item.relatedItems</code>
+==== Set two items as related to each other  ====
+Given two items ''itemA'' and ''itemB''. We can set them as related items
+to each other by using the ''addRelatedItem'' function:
+<code javascript>itemA.addRelatedItem(itemB);
+await itemA.saveTx();
+itemB.addRelatedItem(itemA);
+await itemB.saveTx();</code>
-This returns a list of items just like in the search examples.
 ==== Get an Item's Attachments ===