ZotHero — Generate Zotero citations in Alfred

[giovanni]

thanks to a github user (@Miaoyifei-mz) I was able to identify the issue (related to item notes, which I did not have in my library). @justice does the most recent version work for you? 

Edited June 16, 2022 by giovanni

[justice]

On 6/16/2022 at 11:17 AM, giovanni said:

thanks to a github user (@Miaoyifei-mz) I was able to identify the issue (related to item notes, which I did not have in my library). @justice does the most recent version work for you? 

@giovanniI cannot believe this, the basic functionality works on M1 12.4 -- thank you so much!!! The only thing that still doesn't work is the automatic pasting of the text and it stills shows "Generating Citation" for a while if I bring up Alfred again. 

[giovanni]

9 minutes ago, justice said:

The only thing that still doesn't work is the automatic pasting of the text

oh, I think I missed this option, where do you set it? 

[giovanni]

I see, the snippet! @justice can you try this version? 

[justice]

Thanks, @giovanni but the automatic pasting doesn't work with the latest version. It's no big deal, I just had in mind that this was how it worked in one of the previous versions before the Python update broke the workflow. @pseudometa has a paste command in his "Supercharged Citation Picker" where pasting is an option that comes up after having pressed ⌘⌥ (unfortunately, it's made for Markdown only and I'm frequently in need of italicised elements in a bibliographical entry).

So from my novice knowledge, I think one would have to implement some kind of 'paste the content of the last clipboard text to front app' option at the end of the workflow. But since I'm fine with just pressing cmd v one more time and everything works, I don't want to take any more of your time! ☺️

 

[giovanni]

2 hours ago, justice said:

the automatic pasting doesn't work with the latest version.

Ok, if I understand correctly, there was no auto pasting in the python 2 version? Of course it can be added, but I am trying to determine if the migration to python 3 is completed. 

[justice]

On 6/18/2022 at 4:56 PM, giovanni said:

Ok, if I understand correctly, there was no auto pasting in the python 2 version? Of course it can be added, but I am trying to determine if the migration to python 3 is completed. 

I am not absolutely certain, to be honest. If I remember correctly, it worked that way. Maybe @deanishe or others can briefly chime in and confirm this. The original description on GitHub lists this under "Features":

• "Citations are copied in multiple formats, so the right data are automatically pasted into the application you're using"

[vitor]

2 hours ago, justice said:

The original description on GitHub lists this under "Features"

From my understanding of that sentence in the context of the Workflow’s description (top post), “automatically” is referring to selecting the correct pasting format without intervention, not to pasting the data immediately.

[lutefish]

@Giovanni - The last two versions have given me errors, but the version before that worked. Not sure where things are going wrong - seeing this in the logs:

 

10:51:42 workflow.py:2114 ERROR    UNIQUE constraint failed: data.id
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "lib/workflow/workflow.py", line 2107, in run
    func(self)
  File "zh.py", line 754, in main
    return do_search(query)
  File "zh.py", line 135, in do_search
    if app.stale and not running:
  File "lib/zothero/core.py", line 159, in stale
    if self.index.empty:
  File "lib/zothero/core.py", line 152, in index
    self._index.update(self.zotero)
  File "lib/zothero/index.py", line 277, in update
    if not self._update(zot, force):
  File "lib/zothero/index.py", line 405, in _update
    c.execute('INSERT INTO data VALUES (?, ?)',
sqlite3.IntegrityError: UNIQUE constraint failed: data.id
10:51:42 workflow.py:2116

[giovanni]

36 minutes ago, lutefish said:

sqlite3.IntegrityError: UNIQUE constraint failed: data.id

it seems like there are duplicate entries in the database. Have you tried to delete and reinstall the Workflow? If that doesn't work, can you check the log file (ZotHero Configuration > Open Log File)? That should have more information about the last item being processed before the error. 

[lutefish]

Cheers - deleting/reinstalling resolved the issue. I'm not sure why updating it (two versions ago) introduced the error, but no worries. Thank you so much for your work on this workflow.

[giovanni]

great to hear! @vitor as far as I can tell this Workflow can be added to the python 2 to 3 table.

[vitor]

13 minutes ago, giovanni said:

@vitor as far as I can tell this Workflow can be added to the python 2 to 3 table.

 

Already added! And well-deserved, this looked like a tough one to update. I’m glad you kept at it and that Zotero users have again access to all the features.

[giovanni]

14 hours ago, lutefish said:

The last two versions

did you download them or were auto-updated? I am realizing I don't know if I set the updater up correctly 

[lutefish]

I manually downloaded them. 

[cands]

On 6/18/2022 at 4:56 PM, giovanni said:

Ok, if I understand correctly, there was no auto pasting in the python 2 version? Of course it can be added, but I am trying to determine if the migration to python 3 is completed. 

 

Thanks a lot for making this workflow functional again! It has been one of my most used workflows, saves a lot of time.

[grothen]

It worked but fail when I restart Mac. - seeing this in the logs:

 

 

ERROR    'NoneType' object has no attribute 'tags'

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "lib/workflow/workflow.py", line 2107, in run

    func(self)

  File "zh.py", line 754, in main

    return do_search(query)

  File "zh.py", line 135, in do_search

    if app.stale and not running:

  File "lib/zothero/core.py", line 159, in stale

    if self.index.empty:

  File "lib/zothero/core.py", line 152, in index

    self._index.update(self.zotero)

  File "lib/zothero/index.py", line 277, in update

    if not self._update(zot, force):

  File "lib/zothero/index.py", line 327, in _update

    tags = u' '.join(e.tags)

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'tags'

17:18:38 workflow.py:2116 INFO     for assistance, see: https://github.com/giovannicoppola/zothero/issues

17:18:38 workflow.py:2136 DEBUG    ---------- finished in 0.228s ----------

[17:18:38.210] ZotHero[Script Filter] {

  "items": [

    {

      "title": "Error in workflow 'ZotHero'",

      "subtitle": "'NoneType' object has no attribute 'tags'",

      "valid": false,

      "icon": {

        "path": "/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/AlertStopIcon.icns"

      }

    }

  ]

}

 

 

 

 

[giovanni]

3 hours ago, grothen said:

It worked but fail when I restart Mac

which version are you using? 

[grothen]

On 6/26/2022 at 9:00 PM, giovanni said:

which version are you using? 

I just tried the last version (1.99.7), the problem is same.

[grothen]

On 6/26/2022 at 9:00 PM, giovanni said:

which version are you using? 

I reload the Zotero data and it works now. Thanks!

[Corrie]

On 6/18/2022 at 7:51 AM, giovanni said:

I see, the snippet! @justice can you try this version? 

Thank you so much for this! I just tried all previously suggested fixes to get this up and running and they didn't work.

[giovanni]

Hi @Corrie could you delete the current version, install the latest, and share the error you get in the debugger?

[Corrie]

Hi @giovanni I am not getting an error anymore. I was saying thanks for the latest version.

[lutefish]

I'm suddenly getting a new error that precludes all use (with Alfred 5, so perhaps I should post it over there?) "NoneType object is not subscriptable" 

 

Let me know if you need more to figure out what's changed.

[justice]

11 hours ago, lutefish said:

I'm suddenly getting a new error that precludes all use (with Alfred 5, so perhaps I should post it over there?) "NoneType object is not subscriptable" 

 

Let me know if you need more to figure out what's changed.

The workflow still works in Alfred 5 for me. Sometimes, however, it takes a while until "Generating Citation" disappears even after I've copied an entry.