Modifying report creator type with Zotero JavaScript API

iagogv

I have a report with 2 editors. Zotero 6 (maybe is different for newer releases) does not allow Editor as Creator type for Report items type. Either, Author or Series Editor or Contributor...
Then I try the next with the JavaScript API:
var itemID = 1443
var item = Zotero.Items.get(itemID);
let creators = item.getCreators();
for(let creator of creators){
creator.creatorTypeID = 10
}
item.setCreators(creators);
item.save();

Unfortunately, creator.creatorType becomes 8, so authors, instead of editors...

At some point I'll install Zotero 7 or 8, but meanwhile I wonder if these 2 issues happen yet, I mean:
1. Report item type does not allow editor as creator type
2. Modifying creator type through Javascript API is as "blocked" as through GUI.

adamsmith

right, you can't set 'illegal' (in the sense of the Zotero data schema) creator types via API, that's expected.

It's actually kind of impressive that it just fails gracefully.

iagogv

BTW, here an example of a report with an editor (neither an author nor a series editor): https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/20240930185656/https://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/952-HSPMHScalesreport04.2.08[2].pdf

And next, another report with editors, again: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234679668_Developmental_Readiness_of_Normal_Full_Term_Infants_To_Progress_from_Exclusive_Breastfeeding_to_the_Introduction_of_Complementary_Foods_Reviews_of_the_Relevant_Literature_Concerning_Infant_Immunologic

adamsmith

Yeah, I think it makes sense that editors should be allowed, but they currently aren't