searchKey to create ATOM feed

arrust123

Hi, folks. I'd like to create an RSS feed for a search within my Zotero library, and I believe I can do this using the API. Here's the documentation I've been using:
http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/server_api/v2/read_requests

The section on GET requests has a nice, simple syntax for a saved search:

<userOrGroupPrefix>/searches/<searchKey> A specific saved search in the library

I'm hoping I can create a URL like
https://api.zotero.org/users/<my User ID>/searches/<searchKey>?format=atom

Although maybe I need <searchKey>/items?format=atom, I'm not sure.

My larger problem is that I can't seem to figure out how to create that searchKey. I have a saved search in Zotero standalone, which doesn't seem to create anything on Zotero web that would give me a search key. And I don't see a way to create a saved search, and presumably therefore a searchKey, on Zotero web. I must be missing something simple, or misunderstanding how this is supposed to work -- how do I create that searchKey from a saved search in my library? The private keys aren't what I'm looking for, at least I don't think?

Thanks!

dstillman

API questions should be posted to zotero-dev, so if you have follow-up questions you should post there, but the quick answer is that saved search results aren't yet available via the API, which is why they're not shown in the online library. (The search metadata itself is available via the API, but the underlying search functionality that would be necessary to show results doesn't yet exist.)

arrust123

Ack, apologies for the mistake! And thanks for your reply.