remove underscores in exported library

Zotty1
I am using Better Biblatex to format citation key. Format is set to:

auth.lower + shorttitle(1,1).lower + year

When I export the library for use in Obsidian I have selected the export format 'Better CSL JSON' and Better Biblatex produces a key like 'browntowards2019'
However, when I export the library using Zotero it puts an '_' in the key so it appears as brown_towards_2019

How can I get Zotero not to add the underscores?
  • adamsmith
    Zotero doesn't typically use BBT citekeys (I think there might be a way to force that, but would have to search)-- why aren't you just using BBT's export formats?
  • Zotty1
    BBT export to Obsidian works perfectly.

    As you say, when Zotero exports it doesn't use BBT so when I use the API to link to Overleaf it inserts '_' which much be the default format Zotero uses.

    I would like all exports to be consistent either way so it might be easier to force BBT to use an underscore using .....
    auth.lower.postfix(_) + shorttitle(1,1).lower.postfix(_) + year

    Cheers
  • adamsmith
    Important to be precise here -- so we're talking about the API, not export from the software.

    This should work, I believe, if you "pin" the citekeys, which also writes them to the Extra field, from which the native Zotero export, including in the API, picks them up.
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