[Share] Download attachments in collections / selected items

[cboulanger]

Description

See #266

Event

None

Operation

Script

Data

// @author windingwind, cboulanger
// @link https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/discussions/267
// @usage Download all attachments in selected collection or of selected items
// @update Thu, 22 Feb 2024 18:31:29 GMT(by new Date().toGMTString())


if (collection){
	items = collection?.getChildItems()
} else if (item) {
	return // run sequentially, not for each individual item 
} else if (items.length < 1) {
	return "Nothing was selected";
} 

for (let item of items) {
	let attachments = [];
	if (item.isAttachment()) {
		attachments.push(item);
	} else if (item.isRegularItem()) {
		attachments = Zotero.Items.get(item.getAttachments());
	} else continue;

	for (let attachment of attachments) {
		let path = await attachment.getFilePathAsync();
		if (!path) {
			let fileSyncingEnabled = Zotero.Sync.Storage.Local.getEnabledForLibrary(item.libraryID);
			if (!fileSyncingEnabled) continue;
			try {
				await Zotero.Sync.Runner.downloadFile(attachment);
			} catch (e) {
				Zotero.debug(e);
			}
		}
	}
}

Anything else

No response

[cboulanger]

running the loop asynchronously without awaiting Zotero.Sync.Runner.downloadFile might speed up the download