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i want to get a bibtex export of all publications i in the system.
according to bibcite_export.routing.yml it seems bibcite/export/bibtex/bibliography should give me at the least a complete export , i am getting a page not found instead.
where do we expect the menu items for exporting multiple or all entries (to specific output formats) to show up?
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Comment #3
kruhak commentedHello, discipolo
For now I can suggest to you create a View with the REST export display type (You need the
RESTful Web Services module for this).
Multiple export route in the export module can accept an "id" argument contains plus separated list of entity identifiers.
Example:
/bibcite/export/bibtex/bibliography?id=1+2In the future we planing to have a three ways to do export:
1. Simple route with the "id" argument.
2. Action plugin (can be used in the views, for example)
3. Views "REST export" display type.
What do you think? This will be enough to cover your use case or we should add to plan a new way (For example: add to settings page a button "Export all data" what will start a batch processing)?
Comment #4
discipolo commentedIf it's easy enough to create a view that allows selecting all items for export. I do believe an action plugin for views vbo will be a good way to get a copy of all entries in the system (which is more for the use case of exporting certain entries only)
I suppose it could be practical to also have a reliable way to export all entries of a certain format via a link on the settings form of an enabled export format since I expect exporting all entries to be as simple as importing
Can you either describe the simplest way to export all entries into an enabled export format (provide recipe for rest view or vbo action view) or do you agree that it shouldn't be necessary to create a view to get an export of all imported entries?
Comment #5
kruhak commentedI think that people should have a choice.
1. We can create a page for simple batch exporting of all bibliographic data.
2. We can create documentation page that will describe recipe for the REST view.
3. We can implement better Action plugin and then we will be prepared for the improvements in the views (VBO for D8 on the early development stage)
I'll create related issues and add them to the road-map
Comment #6
kruhak commentedNow you can export your data using simple export form (admin/config/bibcite/export) and views bulk operations.