How to add attachment to currently selected item?

[Michael Hucka]

Suppose that I have an item selected in my Zotero application running on macOS. From outside of the Zotero application, can I attach a file to the item using an API endpoint of some kind? If so, what is the API (or the API options) and where can I find out more?

Here's an example for more context. Better BibTeX listens on a port and allows some operations over a network API, and I've been using this to get data about Zotero entries. The API is convenient because I can write a small script (e.g., in AppleScript or shell) that uses HTTPS calls to perform operations. However, BBT doesn't seem to offer a way to attach something (unless I've missed it?). So, I'm looking for something that might work roughly like using the BBT API, except that I want to send files.

The closest I've been able to find is that it could be done using PyZotero. That would work (and I use PyZotero for other things), but here I'm looking for a more direct approach, if there is one.

My apologies if I've missed something obvious or past discussions. I did search first, but failed to find an answer.

Best regards,
MH
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[Dan Stillman]

On 2/15/24 9:44 AM, Michael Hucka wrote:
> Suppose that I have an item selected in my Zotero application running on macOS. From outside of the Zotero application, can I attach a file to the item using an API endpoint of some kind? If so, what is the API (or the API options) and where can I find out more?
>
> Here's an example for more context. Better BibTeX listens on a port and allows some operations over a network API, and I've been using this to get data about Zotero entries. The API is convenient because I can write a small script (e.g., in AppleScript or shell) that uses HTTPS calls to perform operations. However, BBT doesn't seem to offer a way to attach something (unless I've missed it?). So, I'm looking for something that might work roughly like using the BBT API, except that I want to send files.

There's no built-in way at the moment, but I think BBT allows you to run
arbitrary JavaScript, and it's trivial to do this with Zotero's internal
API, so you could just pass a path and have Zotero add the file. Look
for ZoteroPane.getSelectedItems() and Zotero.Attachments.importFromFile().

[Michael Hucka]

Hi,

Thanks for the tips!

Best regards,
MH

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