Get item
One item with all its fields, tags, collections and child notes.
GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/zotero/item
read
Returns the full metadata of one item as Zotero stores it, the keys of the collections it is in, its tags, and the child notes with their text. PDF attachments are listed by name, not downloaded.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| library string | string | 'me' for My Library (default) or a group library ID from list_libraries. |
| item_key string required | string | Item key from search_items, 8 characters. |
Request
curl "https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/zotero/item?item_key=item+key" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"result = client.call("zotero", "get_item", {"item_key":"item key"})const result = await cotlet.call('zotero', 'get_item', {"item_key":"item key"});cotlet call zotero get_item --data '{"item_key":"item key"}'Example response
{
"item_key": "H6R2VB5D",
"item_type": "journalArticle",
"title": "Sparse attention for long documents",
"creators": [
"Lee, M.",
"Okafor, T."
],
"date": "2025",
"doi": "10.1234/example.2026.001",
"tags": [
"transformers"
],
"collections": [
"C4T8WZ2N"
],
"notes": [
{
"note_key": "T3P6YK8R",
"text": "Read in October, check the evaluation setup."
}
],
"attachments": [
"Lee and Okafor - 2025 - Sparse attention for long documents.pdf"
]
}