Export Citation

exportCitation

Resolves identifiers and serialises the resulting items to a bibliography file. Targets reference managers (Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, RefWorks) and LaTeX workflows (BibTeX/Overleaf).

When to use

• The user wants to import citations into Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, or a LaTeX project.
• An agent needs a .ris, .bib, or .json artifact to attach to a draft.

Inputs

• text (string) OR items (CSL-JSON[]) — Input identifiers or pre-resolved items.
• format (string, required) — ris, bibtex, csl-json, endnote-xml, refworks, nbib, rdf, csv, or txt.
• style (string, optional) — Only used when format=txt (selects the formatter style).

Outputs

Plain-text body in the requested format with appropriate Content-Type and Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=... headers.

Underlying surfaces

• REST: POST /api/export.
• MCP tool: exportCitation.

Example

curl -sS -X POST "https://scholar-sidekick.com/api/export" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text":"10.1038/nphys1170\n9780306406157","format":"ris"}' \
  -o citations.ris

See also

• formatCitation for inline-rendered references.
• /docs.md#post-apiexport for full format reference.