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--- dev:client_coding:javascript_api [2019/10/20 06:32] – [Managing citations and bibliographies] zuphilip
+++ dev:client_coding:javascript_api [2020/01/18 19:35] – [Batch Editing] dstillman
@@ Line 249: / Line 249: @@
 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");
 if (format.split("=")[0] !== "bibliography") {
-   return "No bibliography style is choosen in the settings for QuickCopy.";
+   alert("No bibliography style is choosen in the settings for QuickCopy.");
 }
-var biblio = qc.getContentFromItems([item], format);
+var biblio = qc.getContentFromItems(items, format);
 var biblio_html_format = biblio.html;
 var biblio_txt = biblio.text;
 </code>
+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 ===
@@ Line 275: / Line 279: @@
 </code>
-TODO:  get citations.  change the style.  get stuff in other formats,
+TODO:  change the style.  get stuff in other formats,
 especially RTF
@@ Line 349: / Line 353: @@
 =====  Batch Editing =====
-The JavaScript API can provide a powerful way to script changes to your Zotero library. The common case of search-and-replace is accomplished easily using a basic script.
+The JavaScript API provides a powerful way to script changes to your Zotero library. The common case of search-and-replace is accomplished easily using a basic script in the [[#running_ad_hoc_javascript_in_zotero|JavaScript runner]].
 Before proceeding, back up your [[:zotero_data|Zotero data directory]] and temporarily disable auto-sync in the Sync pane of the Zotero preferences.