Zotero Integration "unexpected end of JSON input"

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What I’m trying to do

Get Zotero Integration to create notes.

  • When I try to create any kind of import format (e.g., "Zotero Integration: Import #1) it successfully opens Zotero, lets me choose an article, but when I press ‘enter’ to import it, it flashes this message “Error retrieving item data: Unexpected end of JSON input”.

  • It does work when I use the default setting (“Zotero Integration: Import notes”), but this creates a blank note with the citekey as its title, and its only content is Zotero’s note (so no article title, authors, publications, etc)

Things I have tried

  • changing the directories it imports into (the base site or subfolders)
  • Adding and removing a citation format
  • 2 different templates (found on the web) and also no template
  • creating a blank new import format and not changing any of the options
  • Googling it (I found one thread with that error message, but they said it went away after something updated… But I have auto updates turned on already)

Note: I have Pandoc Plugin and Pandoc Reference List installed. These seem to work fine (when I insert {@article_year} into a note this is replaced with a correctly formatted entry.

Looking for help

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That error message indicates that there are a mismatch on braces in your import format. So in order to help you it would be beneficial to see the import format which fails.

Be sure to include it with a set of four backticks, ```` before and after the import template, so it’ll not be visually damaged when viewed in the forum post.

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It actually indicates that Zotero Integration needs to be updated to be compatible with the latest API changes from Better Bibtex. See:

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I am such a noob!

I had assumed that auto-updates being on meant that everything was updated already! I forced an update by deleting the plugin and reinstalling it, which worked.

Then discovered the “check for updates button” - DOH.

Yay thanks!

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I was having the same problem and going around in circles. Just a simple solution, Update the plugin! Thank you!