download zotero bib file using bash

peter.marinov
Heya,

I d like to use wget to periodically download a .bib file to my local computer.

Can i do this with Zotero?

Thanks,
Peter
  • adamsmith
    If you sync your Zotero library, you can use the web API to get .bib export:
    https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/web_api/v3/basics

    I'm not actually sure if bibtex export has the same 150 max item limit as the bibliography export, but I'd expect some export maximum requiring multiple requests to get a full library.

    What exactly is this for? E.g. the better bibtex add-on can much more efficiently keep a local copy of the .bib file up to date.
  • peter.marinov
    Great, thanks Adam!

    Its for a scientific bibliography in the order of hundreds of entries.

    I m writing in Latex and want to quickly be able to refer to the references.

    Thanks,
    Peter
  • adamsmith
    Yeah, you'll want to look at BetterBibTeX instead then, that's going to get you what you want automatically, with more reliably stable citekeys and without having to involve the web version at all
    https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex
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