Zotero API Plus

by GOKORURI007 · github.com/GOKORURI007/zotero-api-plus

A Zotero plugin that extends Zotero's local API with additional functionality.

Downloads a .xpi file (0.04 MB). In Zotero, open Tools → Plugins and install it from the file.

Stars: 11
Downloads: 585
Contributors: 1
Licence: AGPL-3.0

Atlas gradeUse with care

A+ABBC

because a zotero:// link (a web page can open one) can make it install add-ons without asking you (from zotero-plugin-toolkit), and 1 more finding

Next rung: A, once every finding in the code comes out low.

Applies to v0.2.1, released 29 Jan 2026Code checked · not yet tested in a live Zotero

Doesn't work with the current Zotero (10)Works with Zotero 7, 8.

Another plugin uses the same IDOne other plugin shares this add-on ID. Zotero can only install one of them.

What we found in the codeSets the grade

Code transparencyReadable code, uploaded by the project's automated GitHub buildThe release file was uploaded by the project's automated GitHub build. We haven't yet rebuilt it from the source to compare.Low

Updates

Updates come from this project's GitHub repositoryThe update address offers this version

Where your data goesOnly contacts services we could identify1 address in 1 group.Low

Zotero (1)

Zotero lookup services

Powerful capabilitiesA zotero:// link (a web page can open one) can make it install add-ons without asking you, and 3 moreMedium

A zotero:// link (a web page can open one) can make it install add-ons without asking you (from zotero-plugin-toolkit)mediumA zotero:// link can make it run code if you approve a prompt (from zotero-plugin-toolkit)mediumLets programs on this computer connect through Zotero's built-in serverOther programs on this computer can change your library through it

Where we found it

A zotero:// link (a web page can open one) can make it install add-o…content/scripts/zotero-api-plus.js · line 129

zotero://plugin

Services.io.getProtocolHandler("zotero").wrappedJSObject._extensions["zotero://plugin"] = pluginBridgeExtension;

A zotero:// link can make it run code if you approve a promptcontent/scripts/zotero-api-plus.js · line 85

zotero://ztoolkit-debug

Services.io.getProtocolHandler("zotero").wrappedJSObject._extensions["zotero://ztoolkit-debug"] = debugBridgeExtension;

Before you installShown, not graded

Works withZotero 7, 8 · not 9, 10, 11 betaDoesn't work with the current Zotero (10)Medium

Zotero 7 ✓ worksZotero 8 ✓ worksZotero 9 ✗ doesn't workZotero 10 ✗ doesn't workZotero 11 beta ✗ doesn't work

What you'll needZotero 7, 8Detected automatically from its code

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MaintenanceSlowing down · last release 29 Jan 20261 contributor

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LanguagesDocumentation in EnglishInterface: English and Chinese

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What it does

Description coming soon. We haven't written a summary yet. The line above is the developer's own description; the developer's README is linked above.

What you'll need

Detected automatically

Zotero 7, 8Not working with Zotero 10

Where your data goes

We found: only contacts services we could identify. 1 address in 1 group.

Zotero (1)

Zotero lookup services

Forks and alternatives

1 other plugin uses the same ID as this one. Every Zotero plugin carries an ID, a name tag Zotero uses to tell plugins apart. These 2 plugins carry the same one, because people copied Zotero API Plus to make their own versions and kept its ID.Show what this means

You can only have one. Zotero sees them as the same plugin.
Installing another replaces it. If you install one of the others, it takes this one's place.
Check what you install. Several share this plugin's name, so make sure the file comes from the one you meant.

Zotero API Plus · this pluginGOKORURI007/zotero-api-plusBUse with care58529 Jan 2026

See all 2 and how they differ →

1 listed fork.

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