Trigger metadata retrieval when attaching PDFs

[rageth]

General

Platform: Windows/MacOS Python version: 2.7.15 Pyzotero version: 1.3.5

Problem description

I'm writing a script to replicate a forrest of PDFs as a mirror network of links in Zotero. So far the system working well with a few test files. However, Zotero doesn't initiate an automatic metadata download when Pyzotero creates the link. Any idea how I might trigger metadata retrieval?

Thanks.

Gareth.

And thanks for pyzotero - it's a fantastic tool

[urschrei]

Do you mean creating a new item (i.e. a journal article) from a PDF that has been uploaded using the API? I don't think the API supports that functionality…

[rageth]

Thanks @urschrei, I had forgotten that the API works with the web based database and not the app directly. I'll work out another way of triggering this.

Thanks.

Gareth.