Zotero Web API v3#

This is the default version of the API, and it is recommended for new development.

API Documentation#

• Basics
• Item Types/Fields
• Write Requests
• File Uploads
• Full-Text Content
• Syncing
• Streaming API
• OAuth Authentication
• Changes from API Version 2

Client Libraries#

Known client libraries for the Zotero API include:

• https://github.com/tnajdek/zotero-api-client (JavaScript)
• https://github.com/urschrei/pyzotero (Python)
• https://github.com/fcheslack/libZotero (PHP and Python)
• https://github.com/shazino/SZNZotero (Objective-C)
• https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-sync (TypeScript)

API Support#

Please post questions regarding the Zotero API to the zotero-dev mailing list.