Citations in templates

[Calorion]

Is it possible to have a template create a citation to the selected Item in the current Zotero citation or bibliography format?

[windingwind]

You can use citations in the template, but it's not possible to customize the citation format in the note editor.

After exporting the note to docx, you can configure the citation style.

[Calorion]

How do you use citations in the template? I think that’s all I need. I didn’t see anything about that in about-note-template.md.

[windingwind]

If your note will eventually be exported to apps like MS Word, I suggest using the citation and setting the bib style there. Otherwise, you can try Zotero.QuickCopy.getContentFromItems([item], 'bibliography=http://www.zotero.org/styles/apa');; If you are using better-bibtex, it may also provide similar APIs.

[Calorion]

I’m having trouble figuring out how to use this. Is there a more detailed guide, or is this a JavaScript thing?

[windingwind]

It's a JavaScript thing. The template could be in HTML/Markdown with JS code wrapped in ${...} or ${{...}}$, see the doc.

[Calorion]

I’m missing something. ${Zotero.QuickCopy.getContentFromItems([item],'bibliography=http://www.zotero.org/styles/apa');} results in SyntaxError: missing } in template string.

Feel free to just say “learn more JavaScript” :)

[windingwind]

Use ${Zotero.QuickCopy.getContentFromItems([topItem],'bibliography=http://www.zotero.org/styles/apa').html}