[Share] Automatically sync pdf annotations with zotero note

[ValeKnappich]

Description

This action will sync the annotations in the pdf into a zotero note automatically when closing the tab.

Also see #219

Event

Close Tab

Operation

Script

Data

/**
 * A description of this script.
 * @author Zotero Community
 * @usage 
 * @link https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/discussions/
 * @see https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/discussions/
 */

const Zotero = require("Zotero");
const ZoteroPane = require("ZoteroPane")
const console = require("console")

if (!ZoteroPane.canEdit()) {
	return;
}

// Copied from:
// https://github.com/zotero/zotero/blob/d3871d6864bbfcb3b939c0f47339010a682a2976/chrome/content/zotero/zoteroPane.js#L4257
function isAttachmentWithExtractableAnnotations(item) {
	// For now, consider all PDF attachments eligible, since we want to extract external
	// annotations in unprocessed files if present
	// item.isPDFAttachment() && item.getAnnotations().some(x => x.annotationType != 'ink');
	return item.isPDFAttachment() || (item.isEPUBAttachment() || item.isSnapshotAttachment()) && item.getAnnotations().length;
}

// find attachments to the closed item
let itemIDsToSelect = [];
let attachments = [];
if (item.isRegularItem()) {
	// Find all child attachments with extractable annotations
	attachments.push(
		...Zotero.Items.get(item.getAttachments())
			.filter(item => isAttachmentWithExtractableAnnotations(item))
	);
}
else if (item.isFileAttachment() && !item.isTopLevelItem()) {
	attachments.push(item);
}

if (!attachments) return;

// remove existing notes that were automatically created
const noteIDs = item.getNotes();
for (let id of noteIDs) {
	let note = Zotero.Items.get(id);
	let noteHTML = note.getNote();
	if (noteHTML.startsWith('<div data-citation-items') && noteHTML.includes('Annotations')) {
		console.log("Removing old auto-created note", id, noteHTML);
		Zotero.Items.trashTx(id);   
	}
}

// create new notes
for (let attachment of attachments) {
	console.log("attachment", attachment)
	let note = await ZoteroPane.addNoteFromAnnotationsForAttachment(
		attachment,
		{ skipSelect: true }
	);
	if (note) {
		itemIDsToSelect.push(note.id);
		console.log("Created note", note);
	}
}

// optional: select the created notes
// await ZoteroPane.selectItems(itemIDsToSelect);

Anything else

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