zendron 1.0.21

Import Zotero annotations with Dendron integration

Zendron

Version: 1.0.21

Introduction

• This package was developed for porting Zotero annotations and metadata to markdown. These markdown notes are then brought into a Dendron hierarchy for integration with vault notes. We recommend using the package within Visual Studio Code.The end goal is to get a two way sync between notes in Zotero and notes in Dendron, but this has some difficulties and limitations that are taking some time to address. For now only a one way sync from Zotero to Dendron is supported.

Install Instructions

• It is recommended to build a conda env for installation.
• Install Dendron CLI.
  • npm install -g @dendronhq/dendron-cli@latest
• Install the zendron
  • python -m pip install zendron

Zotero and File Import Configuration

All zendron configuration is handled in config.yml.

library_id : 4932032 # Zotero library ID
library_type : group # [user, group] library
api_key : FoCauOvWMlNdYmpYuY5JplTw # Zotero API key
collection: null # Name of Zotero Collection, null for entire library
item_types: [journalArticle, book, preprint, conferencePaper, report] # List of item types according to [pyzotero](https://pyzotero.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
local_image_path: /Users/<username>/Zotero/cache # Local path for importing annotated images
dendron_limb: zendron.import # Dendron import limb e.g. zendron.import.paper-title.annotations.md
zotero_comment_title: zendron comment # fixed for now... needed for eventual 2-way sync.
pod_path: zotero_pod # Name of dendron pod, removed

Basic Usage

There are only two basic commands that work as of now.

• zendron
  • This command imports notes according to a defined config.yml. Once the command is run the first time the user needs to modify there configuration ./conf/config.yaml according the zotero library they want to import.
  • Notes are imported with a ## Time Created heading. This allows for stable reference from other notes, within the note vault. We autogenerate a *.comments.md that should be used for taking any additional notes within Dendron. Addition notes taken within the meta data file (notes/zendron.import.<paper-title>.md), or the *.annotations.md will be overwritten after running zendron for a second time.
• zendron remove=true
  • This command removes all imported notes and associated links. We run a createMissingLinkedNotes following the deletion of Dendron notes to repopulate tags and users that will be removed on running zendron-remove.
  • There are more complicated removal's that could be desired so we plan to eventually change this from a bool to str.