biblion::api

Module bbt_rpc

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Better BibTeX JSON-RPC client.

§When is this used?

Only for 3 tools that need BBT’s CSL formatting engine:

  • zotero_get_bibtex — export items as BibTeX/BibLaTeX
  • zotero_get_bibliography — formatted bibliography (APA, IEEE, etc.)
  • zotero_export_bibtex — export a collection as BibTeX file

All other read operations bypass BBT entirely via direct SQLite access.

§Protocol

BBT exposes a JSON-RPC 2.0 API on http://localhost:23119/better-bibtex/json-rpc. It runs inside Zotero’s Electron process, so it requires Zotero to be open.

Structs§

BbtRpcClient
Blocking client for BBT JSON-RPC API.