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dev:client_coding:javascript_api [2019/08/18 05:41] – [Running Ad Hoc JavaScript in Zotero] Add examples zuphilipdev:client_coding:javascript_api [2019/10/20 06:46] – [API Methods] zuphilip
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 <code javascript>var items = await Zotero.Items.getAsync(results);</code> <code javascript>var items = await Zotero.Items.getAsync(results);</code>
  
-===== Managing citations and bibliographies =====+==== Managing citations and bibliographies ====
  
 TODO:  this is pretty sparse.  the rtfscan code is a good place to look for some guidance. TODO:  this is pretty sparse.  the rtfscan code is a good place to look for some guidance.
  
-==== Getting a bibliography for an array of items: ====+=== Getting a bibliography for an array of items: ===
  
 Here we use Zotero's Quick Copy functions to get a bibliography in the style Here we use Zotero's Quick Copy functions to get a bibliography in the style
-specified in Zotero's preferences.+specified in Zotero's preferences. We will in the following example create this 
 +bibliography from all currently selected items.
  
-First we start with a list of as in the previous entry. +<code javascript>var items = Zotero.getActiveZoteroPane().getSelectedItems(); 
- +var qc = Zotero.QuickCopy; 
-<code javascript>var qc = Zotero.QuickCopy; +var format = Zotero.Prefs.get("export.quickCopy.setting"); 
-var biblio = qc.getContentFromItems([item], Zotero.Prefs.get("export.quickCopy.setting")); +if (format.split("=")[0] !== "bibliography") { 
-var biblio_html_format = cite.html; +   alert("No bibliography style is choosen in the settings for QuickCopy."); 
-var biblio_txt  = cite.text; +} 
 +var biblio = qc.getContentFromItems(items, format); 
 +var biblio_html_format = biblio.html; 
 +var biblio_txt = biblio.text;
 </code> </code>
  
-==== Get a list of available styles ====+If you instead want to have the citation string then simply replace the 7th 
 +line with ''var biblio = qc.getContentFromItems(items, format, null, true);''. 
 + 
 + 
 +=== Get a list of available styles ===
  
 <code javascript>  <code javascript> 
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 </code> </code>
  
-TODO:  get citations.  change the style.  get stuff in other formats,+TODO:  change the style.  get stuff in other formats,
 especially RTF especially RTF
  
dev/client_coding/javascript_api.txt · Last modified: 2022/07/02 18:22 by dstillman