How to download attachments with python

[Patrick Janssen]

Hi all,

I have been using pyzotero to download data from my zotero groups, which is working fine. But I can't seem to figure out how to download attachments. In particular, I have image attachments that I want to download.

I also had a look at libZotero, but also there I cannot see an api to download attachments.

Any suggestions?

Patrick

[Patrick Janssen]

Hi all,

I think I I figured it out. I can do something like this:

urllib.retrieve("https://api.zotero.org/groups/GROUP_ID/items/ITEM_ID/file?key=MY_SECRET_KEY")

replacing GROUP_ID, ITEM_ID, and MY_SECRET_KEY with the appropriate strings

Let me know if there is a better way.

Patrick

[Merul Patel]

Did this work for you? I get HTTP 403 Forbidden.

Best regards,

Merul

[Stephan Hügel]

This is fairly straightforward using Pyzotero:

with open ('file.name', 'wb') as f:

    f.write(zot.file('itemkey'))

I've just pushed some changes (v1.1.12) that make it easier to write PDFs, in particular.