Module bibtex

Native BibTeX/BibLaTeX export — no BBT dependency.

Why native?

BBT’s JSON-RPC export takes ~300ms per call (JavaScript inside Electron). We can generate equivalent BibTeX in <0.1ms from SQLite data.

BibTeX format

@article{demilloHintsTestData1978,
  author    = {DeMillo, Richard A. and Lipton, Richard J. and Sayward, Fred G.},
  title     = {Hints on Test Data Selection: Help for the Practicing Programmer},
  journal   = {Computer},
  year      = {1978},
  volume    = {11},
  number    = {4},
  pages     = {34--41},
  doi       = {10.1109/C-M.1978.218136},
}

Item type mapping

Zotero type	BibTeX type	BibLaTeX type
journalArticle	@article	@article
book	@book	@book
bookSection	@incollection	@incollection
conferencePaper	@inproceedings	@inproceedings
thesis	@phdthesis	@thesis
report	@techreport	@report
webpage	@misc	@online
* (other)	@misc	@misc

Functions

biblatex_type 🔒

Map Zotero item types to BibLaTeX entry types (more granular).

bibtex_type 🔒

Map Zotero item types to BibTeX entry types.

escape_bibtex 🔒

Escape special BibTeX characters in a string value.

format_authors 🔒

Format creators as BibTeX author field.

format_editors 🔒

Format creators as BibTeX editor field.

item_to_bibtex

Generate a BibTeX entry for a single item.

items_to_bibtex

Generate BibTeX for multiple items.