Zotero BibTeX Updater

This is a script to update a BibTeX file using the metadata from the PDFs in a Zotero WebDAV database folder.

How to use

Installing

pip

pip install -r requirements.txt

docker

docker build -t zotero-bibtex -f Dockerfile.zoterobibtex .

docker run -it --name 'zotero_bib' -v dir/of/bibtex zotero-bibtex

Running the script

python3 bibtex_updater.py --webdav-url http://your.url/dir:port/zotero --username user_name --password password --bibtex-path path_of_bibtex.bib

Updates

• 2024.12.31: Initial release
• 2025.01.22: Update dockerfile

To Do

• Automatic syncing
• Fix metadata read bug