Automated conversion of Zotero tags to clickable links in obsidian using code in literature notes template?

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What I’m trying to do

Hi, I am fairly new to Obsidian but know the basics, maybe someone can help.

Overview: I have linked my Obsidian Vault to Zotero and use the following plugins: Zotero Integration, Better BibTex, ZotFile, Dataview, Templater.
Using my template for literature notes works fine. It shows all the tags that were created in Zotero.

My question: to optimize my workflow, I would like to have the tags displayed as links instead of hashtags. Is this possible? How?

Things I have tried

Actually, I’m pretty sure I picked up this exact information or the necessary code somewhere, but I just can’t find the source anymore.

Right now I´m using the code “{% if hashTags %}Tags: {{hashTags}}{% endif %}” and it works fine but doesn´t satisfy my needs.

I know I could add them manually, but maybe someone has a better solution.

Thank you in advance!

lynade

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How about going back to the horse’s mouth and modfying whatever template you are using?
No need to do search and replace then.

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Hello gino_m,

I am unsure if we mean the same thing. Actually, that’s what I want…to change the code in my template, but only the code that converts tags to links when I read in literature data via the Zotero Integration Plugin. Unfortunately, I have no experience in programming, so I don’t know how to change the code at all.

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If it is internal links you’re after, you put in double square brackets, [[iwasatagbefore]].

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so do you mean I should rewrite “{% if hashTags %}Tags: {{hashTags}}{% endif %}” as a link, like this: “[{% if hashTags %}Tags: {{hashTags}}{% endif %}]”? If I do that, it’s still just tags and not links that create a new note. I´m sorry if I misunderstand you.

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Are your tags tied to individual highlights? I thought they were in the frontmatter. I don’t know the proper syntax, so I guess you need to play around. Wasn’t paying attention, sorry.

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I had a typo, I meant double [[…]], “[[{% if hashTags %}Tags: {{hashTags}}{% endif %}]]”. Unfortunately that also doesn´t work.

oh, sorry for the misunderstanding, it’s not about the frontmatter.

thank you for taking the time to help me solve this problem, perhaps I will do without. I already tried changing the code and looking for answers, but could not find a solution yet.

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I was thinking more along the lines of {% if hashTags %}Tags: [[{{hashTags}}]]{% endif %} or something. Play around with it.

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Ok, thank you. I tried different modifications today, but still don´t have a solution. Thanks for your effort. I will write it here, if I find a solution.

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Have you tried {% if hashTags %}Tags: [[{{hashTags}}]]{% endif %}?

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yes, thank you, that doesn´t work either.

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Then you must have by now tried:

{% if hashTags %}Tags: {{[[hashTags]]}}{% endif %}
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Hi! Did you ever solve this? I would like the exact same thing. It make sense from a Academic-Obsidian-Zotero workflow if one wants to focus on Links.