Saving lists of items from the discovery service Primo with Zotero connector

m_urbini · 2025-03-31T14:05:18+00:00

Hi,
I am trying to save items from Primo (https://almastart.unibo.it/) by means of the connector but it fails. I get the message you can see here:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u1142498/8br927du9n7w6c5p0y9g.png.
I have tried with Chrome and Firefox. The installed extensions seem to be updated.
I post this message since other posts about troubles encountered with Primo maybe report problems which are not of the same nature.
Best regards,
Massimo Urbini (University of Bologna, Italy)

adamsmith · 2025-03-31T14:11:49+00:00

The basics work for me there. Could you provide exact steps to reproduce and also a URL exactly as you see it, please?

m_urbini · 2025-03-31T14:35:34+00:00

Thank you for your assistance.
I run a couple of simple queries, just to test the connection (e.g.: https://almastart.unibo.it/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,vassil* grossman*&tab=default_tab&search_scope=default_scope&vid=39UBO_VU&mfacet=rtype,include,articles,1&offset=50&came_from=pagination_1_2). Then I have extended up to 50 items per page the result list and finally I used the connector to save the results. In some cases it works, in other not, in other again it imports only a portion (less than 5 items) of the results.
I have also disabled all extensions except the Zotero connector to avoid possible conflicts.

AbeJellinek · 2025-03-31T15:19:40+00:00

When there are many search results on the page, Primo loads them lazily (i.e. as they come into view), so try scrolling to the very bottom of the page to load all search results first. We'll see if we can make the Connector show the unloaded results, but I can't promise anything!