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Functions and objects in the translator sandbox
This is a list of the functions and objects exposed to translators running in the sandbox. As it was generated from the existing translators, this list is probably not complete, and some of the functions may be deprecated or unavailable in certain types of translators. Most of the below are described in the general Translator Coding documentation, or the Translator overview. Others are rarely used– search in the code of existing translators for usage guidance.
Objects
- Zotero.Collection
- Zotero.Item
Functions
- Zotero.debug
- Zotero.done
- Zotero.getOption
- Zotero.getXML
- Zotero.loadTranslator
- Zotero.nextCollection
- Zotero.nextItem
- Zotero.read
- Zotero.selectItems
- Zotero.setCharacterSet
- Zotero.setProgress
- Zotero.wait
- Zotero.write
Utility functions
- Zotero.Utilities.capitalizeTitle
- Zotero.Utilities.cleanAuthor
- Zotero.Utilities.cleanTags
- Zotero.Utilities.createContextObject
- Zotero.Utilities.doGet
- Zotero.Utilities.doPost
- Zotero.Utilities.formatDate
- Zotero.Utilities.gatherElementsOnXPath
- Zotero.Utilities.getCreatorsForType
- Zotero.Utilities.getItemArray
- Zotero.Utilities.getLocalizedCreatorType
- Zotero.Utilities.getPageRange
- Zotero.Utilities.getVersion
- Zotero.Utilities.htmlSpecialChars
- Zotero.Utilities.HTTP.doGet
- Zotero.Utilities.HTTP.doPost
- Zotero.Utilities.itemTypeExists
- Zotero.Utilities.loadDocument
- Zotero.Utilities.lpad
- Zotero.Utilities.parseContextObject
- Zotero.Utilities.processAsync
- Zotero.Utilities.processDocuments
- Zotero.Utilities.retrieveDocument
- Zotero.Utilities.retrieveSource
- Zotero.Utilities.strToDate
- Zotero.Utilities.superCleanString
- Zotero.Utilities.text
- Zotero.Utilities.trim
- Zotero.Utilities.trimInternal
- Zotero.Utilities.unescapeHTML
The utility functions are defined in utilities.js.
RDF functions
- Zotero.RDF.addContainerElement
- Zotero.RDF.addNamespace
- Zotero.RDF.addStatement
- Zotero.RDF.getAllResources
- Zotero.RDF.getArcsIn
- Zotero.RDF.getArcsOut
- Zotero.RDF.getContainerElements
- Zotero.RDF.getResourceURI
- Zotero.RDF.getSources
- Zotero.RDF.getStatementsMatching
- Zotero.RDF.getTargets
- Zotero.RDF.newContainer
- Zotero.RDF.newResource
The RDF functions are defined in translator.js.
XML objects
- DOMParser
- XML