Copying Multiple Attachment Paths at Once

[bthomaslee]

Does anyone know what the JS code would be for copying-to-clipboard all attachment paths, from multiple selected items, all at once (with each attachment path on a new line)? I've found #404, which provides the JS code for copying-to-clipboard one attachment path from one selected item. I would love to be able to copy multiple attachment paths at once, so that I can feed them into a script for searching pdfs.

[bthomaslee]

I used ChatGPT to generate the following code, which allows me to copy-to-clipboard all attachment paths, from multiple selected items, all at once (with each attachment path on a new line):

if (!items?.length) return;

async function getAttachmentPath(item) {
  if (item.isAttachment() && !item.isNote()) {
    return await item.getFilePathAsync();
  } else if (item.isRegularItem() && !item.isAttachment()) {
    let attachment = await item.getBestAttachment();
    return attachment ? await attachment.getFilePathAsync() : null;
  }
  return null;
}

(async () => {
  try {
    // Retrieve all file paths asynchronously
    const filePaths = await Promise.all(items.map(getAttachmentPath));
    // Filter out null or undefined paths
    const nonNullPaths = filePaths.filter(Boolean);
    
    if (nonNullPaths.length) {
      // Copy all paths to the clipboard, separated by newlines
      Zotero.Utilities.Internal.copyTextToClipboard(nonNullPaths.join('\n'));
      Zotero.debug(`Copied ${nonNullPaths.length} file paths to clipboard.`);
    } else {
      Zotero.debug('No file paths found to copy.');
    }
  } catch (error) {
    Zotero.debug('An error occurred while processing items: ' + error);
  }
})();