Automatically export at regular intervals

JustinZhang1997 · November 24, 2021

After suffering from synchronization with zotero.org, I decided to turn for cold standby. But from the previous posts, I have realized that Zotero does not offer an offical command line usage.
My Question: Is there anyone who have figured out how to write automation scripts to export the library routinely and put it into practice? Please show your scripts or clue, thanks.

dstillman · November 24, 2021

After suffering from synchronization with zotero.org

What do you mean by that?

You don't need automation scripts to back up your Zotero data.

https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data#backing_up_your_zotero_data

adamsmith · November 24, 2021

(The BBT add-on does automatic exports, but it doesn't sound like those would be a good solution for you)

JustinZhang1997 · November 25, 2021

Thanks.

bjohas · February 3, 2024

@JustinZhang1997, in case it's still of interest, our nodejs tools for Zotero offer a backup function: https://github.com/OpenDevEd/zotero-lib. The documentation is not great for these options just yet, but e.g., for a rolling backup, you could do:

zotero-lib db --sync database_Monday.sql
zotero-lib db --sync database_Tuesday.sql
etc.