This project aims to provide tools to understand the makeup of a Zotero library - entirely locally - by reading from Zotero's SQLite database. This package focuses on providing tools that Zotero itself does not provide.
pip install zotero-utilsUsing the magic of Typer, you can get help messages for this package using
zotero-utils --helpAnd for each command you can also see a help message.
zotero-utils show-creators-per-item --helpProvides counts of several pieces of metadata:
- Number of articles from each author. Optionally, you can specify the number of bars shown.
zotero-utils show-items-per-creator --num-groups=20
You can also choose to visualize this info as a pie chart.
zotero-utils show-items-per-creator --vis-type pie- Number of different authors in the database (identified by first and last name)
zotero-utils count-distinct-authors- Number of articles with 1-N authors. Optionally, you can specify the number of bars shown.
zotero-utils show-creators-per-item --num-groups=20
You can also choose to visualize this info as a pie chart.
zotero-utils show-creators-per-item --vis-type pieVisualize when articles were published. By default, details of each publication are shown. Optionally, they can be hidden.
zotero-utils show-timeline-date-published --no-show-details
For errors and feature suggestions, please open an issue. Pull requests are also appreciated and will be reviewed ASAP.
I'd like to be able to build a graph of the references between items in the Zotero database. Sticking to the local-first design, this means parsing PDF's for their references, which is a notoriously difficult problem. Any suggestions are welcome, please open an issue!
Apparently, Zotero also supports a local version of the web API, and they recommend that applications use that.