https://github.com/dmstern/html2biblatex

A tiny bookmarklet for exporting web pages to BibLaTeX (all browsers / no installation).
https://github.com/dmstern/html2biblatex

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A tiny bookmarklet for exporting web pages to BibLaTeX (all browsers / no installation).

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dmstern/html2biblatex
• Owner: dmstern
• Created: 2014-04-10T08:59:06.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-07T09:32:50.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-08-04T10:11:59.049Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: biblatex, bibtex, bookmark, bookmark-button, javascript, latex, webpage
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: http://dmstern.github.io/html2biblatex
• Size: 331 KB
• Stars: 78
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 32
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml

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README

        
html2biblatex

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> Citing a webpage in LaTeX has never been easier!

html2biblatex is a lightweight bookmarklet for exporting web pages to BibLaTeX.

_small - flexible - magic!_

Just click on the html2biblatex bookmark button and paste the collected content into your BibLaTeX code.

![Screenshot of popup window to copy the biblatex entry](./screenshot-bookmark.png "html2biblatex Screenshot")

![Screenshot of popup window to copy the biblatex entry](./screenshot-copy.png "html2biblatex Screenshot")

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Installation

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 1. Create a new bookmark in the bookmark panel of your browser.

 2. Name it ("🌐 ➜ 📚" or whatever).

 3. URL: [Paste here the content from the file [dist/bookmark-url.js](dist/bookmark-url.js)]

Usage

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 1. Load the page you want to cite.

 2. Click on the new bookmark button.

 3. Copy the selected text to clipboard and press [ENTER].

 4. Paste the BibLaTeX entry into

    * your .bib file.

    * JabRef: Just paste it into the open bibliography table.

    * Zotero: Go to 'file' -> 'import from clipboard'.

**Sample output:**

```BibLaTeX

@Online {UsingBibTeXashortguide-2015-11-02,

 title = {Using BibTeX: a short guide},

 date = {2015-11-02},

 author = {Martin J. Osborne},

 file = {:./references/osborne-latex-BIBTEX.HTM.html:html},

 url = {https://www.economics.utoronto.ca/osborne/latex/BIBTEX.HTM},

 urldate = {2018-03-17}

}

```

Tested with Google Chrome and Epiphany (GNOME) under Ubuntu 13.10.

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If you like this tool, please consider to upvote my answer on tex.stackexchange.com: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/170689/48366

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Build (for developers)

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1. Install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/)

2. In a terminal run

  ```bash

  npm install

  npm run build

  ```