Hello, I asked ChatGPT to help me write a plugin in Zotero 7 and it produced a version that gave an error on an attempt to install to Zotero. I told ChatGPT about the error, and it apologized and said he was going to re-write the code to be more compatible with (some words).

ChatGPT even compiles all the necessary code files into an ZIP for me.

Anyway, me and ChatGPT are on version 5 and still are getting this error upon install:

The add-on "B:\OneDrive\Zotero Plugins ChatGPT\zotero-shortcut-plugin-v7 Version 5.zip" could not be installed. It may be incompatible with this version of Zotero.


Can anyone with knowledge of plugin creation take a look at what might be wrong with ChatGPTs coding? If so, thank you much. (I still can't believe ChatGPT did all this work with 5-7 instructions / prompts. Crazy)




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import zipfile
import os




Here is the code:


# Create plugin directory and files
plugin_dir = 'zotero-shortcut-plugin'
os.makedirs(plugin_dir, exist_ok=True)

# File contents
manifest_json = '''{
"manifest_version": 2,
"name": "Zotero Shortcut Plugin",
"version": "1.0",
"description": "Add keyboard shortcuts to Zotero's note editor.",
"author": "Your Name",
"applications": {
"gecko": {
"id": "zotero-shortcut-plugin@example.com",
"strict_min_version": "7.0"
}
},
"background": {
"scripts": ["background.js"]
},
"permissions": [
"activeTab"
],
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": [""],
"js": ["content.js"]
}
]
}
'''

background_js = '''// Background script to initialize the plugin
'''

content_js = '''(function() {
window.addEventListener('load', function(e) {
ZoteroShortcutPlugin.init();
}, false);

var ZoteroShortcutPlugin = {
init: function() {
window.addEventListener('keydown', this.handleKeyPress, false);
},

handleKeyPress: function(event) {
// Shortcuts for Format Text menu
if (event.ctrlKey && event.altKey) {
switch (event.key) {
case 'F1':
ZoteroShortcutPlugin.triggerMenu('zotero-note-editor-menu-format-text', 0); // First submenu item
break;
case 'F2':
ZoteroShortcutPlugin.triggerMenu('zotero-note-editor-menu-format-text', 1); // Second submenu item
break;
case 'F3':
ZoteroShortcutPlugin.triggerMenu('zotero-note-editor-menu-format-text', 2); // Third submenu item
break;
case 'F4':
ZoteroShortcutPlugin.triggerMenu('zotero-note-editor-menu-format-text', 3); // Fourth submenu item
break;
// Add more cases as needed for other submenu items
}
}

// Shortcuts for Text Color menu
if (event.altKey && !event.ctrlKey) {
switch (event.key) {
case 'F1':
ZoteroShortcutPlugin.triggerMenu('zotero-note-editor-menu-text-color', 0); // Red
break;
case 'F2':
ZoteroShortcutPlugin.triggerMenu('zotero-note-editor-menu-text-color', 1); // Orange
break;
case 'F3':
ZoteroShortcutPlugin.triggerMenu('zotero-note-editor-menu-text-color', 2); // Yellow
break;
case 'F4':
ZoteroShortcutPlugin.triggerMenu('zotero-note-editor-menu-text-color', 3); // Green
break;
case 'F5':
ZoteroShortcutPlugin.triggerMenu('zotero-note-editor-menu-text-color', 4); // Purple
break;
case 'F6':
ZoteroShortcutPlugin.triggerMenu('zotero-note-editor-menu-text-color', 5); // Magenta
break;
case 'F7':
ZoteroShortcutPlugin.triggerMenu('zotero-note-editor-menu-text-color', 6); // Blue
break;
case 'F8':
ZoteroShortcutPlugin.triggerMenu('zotero-note-editor-menu-text-color', 7); // Gray
break;
// Add more cases as needed for other submenu items
}
}
},

triggerMenu: function(menuId, itemIndex) {
let menu = document.getElementById(menuId);
if (menu) {
let items = menu.querySelectorAll('menuitem');
if (items[itemIndex]) {
items[itemIndex].click();
}
}
}
};
})();
'''

# Write files
with open(os.path.join(plugin_dir, 'manifest.json'), 'w') as f:
f.write(manifest_json)

with open(os.path.join(plugin_dir, 'background.js'), 'w') as f:
f.write(background_js)

with open(os.path.join(plugin_dir, 'content.js'), 'w') as f:
f.write(content_js)

# Zip the plugin directory
zip_filename = 'zotero-shortcut-plugin-v7.zip'
with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filename, 'w') as zipf:
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(plugin_dir):
for file in files:
file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
zipf.write(file_path, os.path.relpath(file_path, plugin_dir))

zip_filename

Ok. Thank you for letting me know