I'd like the title of notes imported from Zotero to follow APA format

[dmsidhu]

What I’m trying to do

I’m using Zotero (w Better Bibtex) and Obsidian (w Zotero Integration).

When I import an article into Zotero, I would like the name of its associated note to be its APA in text citation.

For example: Smith (1991); Smith & Parker (1992); Smith et al. (1994)

Things I have tried

I have Better Bibtex installed in Zotero, and Zotero Integration installed in Obsidian.

I understand that what I need to do is change the name of the output path in Obsidian. I’ve tried even just getting the author and year like this:

02 Journal Article Notes/{{author}}, {{year}}.md

I’ve also tried this suggestion from ChatGPT:

02 Journal Article Notes/{{authorString}}, {{year}}.md

Neither of these worked. Thanks for any help!

[Feralflora]

Here’s my template for this:

03 - Source notes/Zotero/{%- if creators -%}{%- set filename = creators[0].lastName %}{%- if creators|length == 2 -%}{% set filename = filename + " & " + creators[1].lastName %}{%- endif -%}{%- if creators|length > 2 -%}{% set filename = filename + " et al." %}{%- endif -%}{%- endif -%}{%- if date -%}{% set filename = filename + " (" + date | format("YYYY") + ")." -%}{%- endif -%}{%- if shortTitle -%}{% set filename = filename + " " + shortTitle %}{%- elif title -%}{% set filename = filename + " " + title %}{%- elif bookTitle -%}{% set filename = filename + " " + bookTitle %}{%- endif -%}{{filename | replace(":"," -")}}.md

Paste that in your output path (adjusting the first part as needed), and give it a go