html2biblatex

Citing a webpage in LaTeX has never been easier!

html2biblatex is a lightweight browser "plugin" 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.

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Installation

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]

Usage

4. Load the page you want to cite.
5. Click on the new bookmark button.
6. Copy the selected text to clipboard and press [ENTER].
7. 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:

@Online {UsingBibTeXashortguide-2018-03-16,
 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 = {2018-03-16}
}

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

Build (for developers)

1. Install yarn
2. In a terminal run

yarn install
yarn start