zoterotex

Command line wrapper for pyzotero that keeps a BibTeX file in sync with a Zotero library.

Setup

API Key

You'll need an API key to use zoterotex, which can be created in your Zotero account.

Installation

pip install zoterotex

Usage

After installation, a new command zoterotex (a.k.a. python -m zoterotek) should be available in your shell. You can test this, and get usage instructions with zoterotex --help.

Example commands—covering basically all the features—are included below.

Syncing with a user library

You can retrieve your userid from your Zotero keys settings. For example, if your username is 54321, you can sync with:

zoterotex sync user 54321 myuser.bib --api-key aabbccdd11223344

Syncing a group library

If you navigate to your Zotero groups, you can grab a group ID from the url. For example, group 12345678 has the URL https://www.zotero.org/groups/12345678/my_group_name, and you can sync like so:

zoterotex sync group 12345678 mygroup.bib --api-key aabbccdd11223344