Import PDFs from Zotero into Obsidian reference note

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Hi smart people! Does anyone know if it is possible to import and embed the PDF from a Zotero item into a reference note in Obsidian.

For reference I use this template which I found online and have edited (unfortunately I cannot remember who made it originally but I owe them a lot):
{# version: 3.6 -#}

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citekey: {{citekey}}

aliases:

- "{%- if creators -%}

{{creators[0].lastName or creators[0].name }}

{%- if creators|length == 2 %} & {{creators[1].lastName or creators[1].name}}{% endif -%}

{%- if creators|length > 2 %} et al.{% endif -%}

{%- endif -%}

{%- if date %} ({{date | format(“YYYY”)}}){% endif -%}

{%- if shortTitle %} {{shortTitle | safe}} {%- else %} {{title | safe}} {%- endif %}"

{% if itemType == “bookSection” %}book-title: “{{bookTitle | replace('”‘,"’“)}}”{% endif %}

- "{%- if creators -%}

{{creators[0].lastName or creators[0].name }}

{%- if creators|length == 2 %} & {{creators[1].lastName or creators[1].name}}{% endif -%}

{%- if creators|length > 2 %} et al.{% endif -%}

{%- endif -%}

{%- if date %} ({{date | format(“YYYY”)}}){% endif -%}"

{% if itemType == “bookSection” %}book-title: “{{bookTitle | replace('”‘,"’“)}}”{% endif %}

title: “{{title | replace('”‘,"’“)}}”

{%- set camelRegex = r/([a-z])([A-Z])/g %}

{%- for type, creators in creators | groupby(“creatorType”) %}

{% if creators.length > 1 %}{{type | replace(camelRegex, “$1 $2”) | lower | trim}}s:{%- for creator in creators %}{% if creator.name %}

- {{creator.name}}{% else%}

- {{creator.firstName}} {{creator.lastName}} {% endif %}{%- endfor %} {% else -%}

{{type | replace(camelRegex, “$1-$2”) | lower | trim}}:{%- for creator in creators %}{% if creator.name %} “{{creator.name}}”{% else%} “{{creator.firstName}} {{creator.lastName}}”{% endif -%}{%- endfor -%}{% endif -%}{% endfor %}

year: {% if date %}{{date | format(“YYYY”)}}{% endif %}

item-type: {{itemType | replace(camelRegex, “$1 $2”) | title | trim}}

publisher: {% if publicationTitle %}“{{publicationTitle}}”{% else %}“{{publisher}}”{% endif %}

{%- if notes.length > 0 -%}

{%- set longShortCutoff = 1 -%}

{%- set shortnotes = -%}

{%- set longnotes = -%}

{%- for note in notes -%}

{%- if note.note | wordcount <= longShortCutoff -%}

{%- set shortnotes = (shortnotes.push(note.note), shortnotes) -%}

{%- else -%}

{%- set longnotes = (longnotes.push(note), longnotes) -%}

{%- endif -%}{%- endfor -%}{%- endif -%}

{%- for comment in shortnotes %}

{%- if comment and loop.first %}

comments:

{% endif -%}

- “{{comment|replace('”‘,"’“)| replace(”\n"," “)}}”{% endfor %}

tags:{% for t in tags %}

- {{t.tag | replace(r/\s+/g, “-”)}}{% endfor %}{% if DOI %}

doi: https://doi.org/{{DOI}}{% endif %}{% if itemType == “book” %}

ISBN: {{ISBN}}{% endif %}

cssclasses:

- literature-note{% if attachments.length > 0 %}{% for attachment in attachments %}{% if loop.first %}

attachments:{% endif %}

- {{attachment.path}}{% endfor %}{% endif %}

libraryID: {{libraryID}}

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> [!info]- Info :link: [**Zotero**]({{desktopURI}}){% if DOI %} | [**DOI**](https://doi.org/{{DOI}}){%{%) endif %}{% for attachment in attachments | filterby(“path”, “endswith”, “.pdf”) %} | [**PDF-{{loop.index}}**](file:///{{attachment.path | replace(" ", “%20”)}}){%- endfor %}

>

>{% if bibliography %}**Bibliography**:: {{bibliography|replace(“\n”,“” )}}{% endif %}

>

> **Authors**:: {% for a in creators %} [[Source notes/People/{{a.firstName}} {{a.lastName}}|{{a.firstName}} {{a.lastName}}]]{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}

>

> {% if tags %}**Tags**: {% for t in tags %}#{{t.tag | replace(r/\s+/g, “-”)}}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}{% endif %}

>

> **Collections**:: {% for collection in collections %}[[{{collection.name}}]]{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor -%}

{%- set readingSpeed = 220 %}

{%- set wordsPerPage = 360 %}

{%- if pages %}

{%- set pageRegex = r/(\d+)\-(\d+)/ %}

{%- set splitPages = pageRegex.test(pages) %}

{%- if splitPages %}

{%- set pageMatch = pageRegex.exec(pages) %}

{%- set firstPage = pageMatch[1] %}

{%- set pageCount = pageMatch[2] - pageMatch[1] %}

{%- else %}

{%- set pageCount = pages %}

{%- endif %}

{%- elif numPages %}

{%- set pageCount = numPages %}

{%- else %}

{%- set pageCount = 0 %}

{% endif -%}

{%- if firstPage %}

>

> **First-page**:: {{firstPage}}

{%- endif -%}

{%- if pageCount > 0 -%}

{%- set readingTime = ((pageCount* wordsPerPage)/readingSpeed)/60 %}

>

> **Page-count**:: {{pageCount}}

>

> **Reading-time**:: {% if readingTime < 1 %}{{(readingTime * 60) | round + " minutes"}}{% else %}{{readingTime | round(3) + " hours"}}{% endif %}{% endif %}

> [!abstract]-

> {% if abstractNote %}

> {{abstractNote|replace(“\n”,“\n>”)|striptags(true)|replace(“Objectives”, “**Objectives**”)|replace(“Background”, “**Background**”)|replace(“Methodology”, “**Methodology**”)|replace(“Results”,“**Results**”)|replace(“Conclusion”,“**Conclusion**”)|replace(“Conclusions”,“**Conclusions**”)|replace(“Objective”,“**Objective**”)|replace(“Methods”, “**Methods**”)|replace(“OBJECTIVE”,“**Objective**”)|replace(“METHODS”,“**Methods**”)|replace(“BACKGROUND”,“**Background**”)|replace(“RESULTS”,“**Results**”)|replace(“Discussion”,“**Discussion**”)}}

> {% endif %}

> [!quote]- Citations

>

> ```query

> content: “{{citekey}}” -file:{{citekey}}

> ```

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{% persist “notes” -%} {%- if isFirstImport %}

**RQ**::

**Data**::

**Strategy**::

**Conclusion**::

**Takeaways**::

**Contributions**::

**Reason**::

{% endif %}{% endpersist %}

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