Automate Zotero Collection Item Extraction
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This n8n workflow streamlines the process of extracting information from your Zotero collections. It connects to the Zotero API, allows you to select a specific collection, and efficiently retrieves all items with their titles and creators, handling large collections with pagination.
About This Workflow
Unlock the power of your Zotero library with this versatile n8n workflow. Designed for researchers, academics, and anyone managing extensive reference collections, this workflow automates the retrieval of detailed item data. It securely connects to your Zotero account, enabling you to browse and select a specific collection. Once configured, the workflow intelligently paginates through even the largest collections, ensuring all your articles and references are fetched without hitting API limits. Finally, it extracts crucial fields like item key, title, and creator summary, making it easy to integrate this data into other applications or for further analysis.
Key Features
- Seamless Zotero API Integration: Connects directly to your Zotero account for secure data access.
- Targeted Collection Selection: Easily filter and retrieve items from a specific Zotero collection by its unique key.
- Robust Pagination Handling: Automatically manages large collections by breaking down requests into manageable batches (100 items per request).
- Key Data Extraction: Focuses on extracting essential item details including the Zotero item key, title, and a summary of creators.
- Configurable and Extensible: Built on n8n, allowing for easy modification to extract additional fields or integrate with other services.
How To Use
- Obtain Zotero User ID: Navigate to
https://www.zotero.org/settings/securityon the Zotero website and copy your User ID. Paste this into the "User ID" node'suseridvalue. - Create Zotero API Key: On the same Zotero security page (
https://www.zotero.org/settings/security), generate a new API Key. Configure the "Collections" HTTP Request node (and subsequently, the "Get Articles" node) to use "HTTP Header Auth" withZotero-API-Keyas the header name and your generated API key as the value. - Identify Collection Key: Run the workflow up to the "Collections" node and inspect its output to find the
keyof the specific Zotero collection you wish to process. - Select Target Collection: In the "Select Collection" filter node, replace
FILL WITH COLLECTION KEYwith thekeyof your chosen Zotero collection. - Execute Workflow: Run the workflow to automatically fetch and process all items from your selected Zotero collection.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "5d6320c9-816c-43e9-907d-4f668dd27f55",
"name": "Automate Zotero Collection Item Extraction",
"nodes": 7,
"category": "Personal",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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