What I’m trying to do
Extract the firstName, lastName values from the Zotero plugin when it is importing a record. Then, save those values to an array of variables so I can make a new note file whose filename is the “lastName, firstName”. Only create the note if it doesn’t already exist.
I am able to retrieve the imported Zotero values and write them into the frontmatter. However, I cannot retrieve them in a Templater block outside of the frontmatter; the values all come up as null.
The data in the Zotero Data Reader is as follows:
Things I have tried
I have tried syntax along the lines of:
let myVar = “{{inputVar}}”;
and
let myVar = {{inputVar}};
but both return nothing.
I am unclear if I am using bad syntax, a bad configuration, a scope/namespace issue, or if this is a limitation of the plug-ins.
I believe it is possible to access these Zotero data as I saw it done in the example at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hFJw0kEHlU at 11:39 where Bryan Jenks is using the {{title}} variable in a Templater block and setting a local variable to the imported title value.
Any help in solving the issue would be appreciated but also I would be extremely grateful for an explanation of the underlying problem so I can understand the systems better.
Also: what the heck do you all use for debugging? I’ve tried outputting to console.log but I don’t find anything I log in the Developer Console. Boy I am really missing my Visual Studio watches/breaks. 
Thank you!