Zovo Citation Generator

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io.github.theluckystrike/citation-generatorv1.0.0

DOIs and ISBNs to APA & MLA

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format_manual_citation Read-only

Use this when the user wants a citation generator, a reference generator apa or a works cited generator for a source they type in that has no DOI or ISBN: a book, a journal article, a chapter or a web page. Give the record fields and the style, and get the formatted citation plus BibTeX, RIS and text reference-list files. Use it for a cite this for me request about an old book or a class reading. Do not use it when the user has a DOI or an ISBN, or for legal cases, patents or datasets.

recordobject, required

The source you type by hand when it has no DOI or ISBN.

stylestring

Citation style: apa7 (default), mla9, chicago_ad or chicago_nb.

keep_capitalsarray

Words to keep as written, matched case-insensitively, e.g. ["Studies", "London"].

Tools (2)

format_manual_citation

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Argument	Type	Description
style	string	Citation style: apa7 (default), mla9, chicago_ad or chicago_nb.
record*	object	The source you type by hand when it has no DOI or ISBN.
keep_capitals	array	Words to keep as written, matched case-insensitively, e.g. ["Studies", "London"].

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "record"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "style": {
      "enum": [
        "apa7",
        "mla9",
        "chicago_ad",
        "chicago_nb"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Citation style: apa7 (default), mla9, chicago_ad or chicago_nb."
    },
    "record": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "type",
        "title"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "doi": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 300,
          "description": "DOI without the https://doi.org/ part, e.g. 10.1038/nphys1170."
        },
        "url": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 500,
          "description": "Web address, e.g. https://example.com/paper."
        },
        "isbn": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 40,
          "description": "ISBN-10 or ISBN-13, e.g. 9780140328721."
        },
        "type": {
          "enum": [
            "book",
            "journal_article",
            "web_page",
            "chapter"
          ],
          "type": "string",
          "description": "What kind of source it is, e.g. journal_article."
        },
        "year": {
          "type": "integer",
          "maximum": 9999,
          "minimum": 0,
          "description": "Year of publication as a whole number, e.g. 2009."
        },
        "issue": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 40,
          "description": "Issue or number, e.g. 1."
        },
        "pages": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 60,
          "description": "Page range, e.g. 11-12."
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 500,
          "description": "Title of the work, e.g. Measured measurement."
        },
        "volume": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 40,
          "description": "Volume, e.g. 5."
        },
        "authors": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "family"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "given": {
                "type": "string",
                "maxLength": 100,
                "description": "Given name or initials, e.g. Markus or M."
              },
              "family": {
                "type": "string",
                "maxLength": 100,
                "description": "Family name (surname), e.g. Aspelmeyer."
              }
            }
          },
          "maxItems": 1000,
          "description": "Authors in the order they appear on the source, e.g. [{family:'Aspelmeyer',given:'Markus'}]."
        },
        "accessed": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 20,
          "description": "Date you accessed a web page, as YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. 2026-10-17."
        },
        "container": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 300,
          "description": "Journal name or book title that holds the work, e.g. Journal of Field Studies."
        },
        "publisher": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 200,
          "description": "Publisher or site name, e.g. Example Press."
        },
        "keep_capitals": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 100,
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "A word to preserve as supplied, e.g. Studies."
          },
          "maxItems": 100,
          "description": "Words to keep as written, matched case-insensitively, e.g. [\"Studies\", \"London\"]."
        }
      },
      "description": "The source you type by hand when it has no DOI or ISBN."
    },
    "keep_capitals": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "maxLength": 100,
        "minLength": 1,
        "description": "A word to preserve as supplied, e.g. Studies."
      },
      "maxItems": 100,
      "description": "Words to keep as written, matched case-insensitively, e.g. [\"Studies\", \"London\"]."
    }
  }
}

generate_citations

Use this when the user wants to cite this for me, build a works cited list or a reference generator: give a DOI, an ISBN or a list of them and get APA 7, MLA 9 or Chicago citations plus BibTeX and RIS files. Use it for a doi to citation or isbn to citation, an mla citation generator or a chicago citation generator, or to make bibtex from doi. The metadata is looked up live on Crossref and Open Library. A record those services do not have returns status not_found for that item and the other items still work. Do not use for a source that has no DOI or ISBN, or to cite legal cases, patents or datasets; use format_manual_citation for a manual source.

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Argument	Type	Description
style	string	Citation style: apa7 (default), mla9, chicago_ad or chicago_nb.
identifiers*	array	1 to 25 DOIs or ISBNs, e.g. ["10.1038/nphys1170"] or ["9780140328721"]; a https://doi.org/ link and hyphens are accepted.
keep_capitals	array	Words to keep as written, matched case-insensitively, e.g. ["Studies", "London"].

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "identifiers"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "style": {
      "enum": [
        "apa7",
        "mla9",
        "chicago_ad",
        "chicago_nb"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Citation style: apa7 (default), mla9, chicago_ad or chicago_nb."
    },
    "identifiers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "maxLength": 200
      },
      "maxItems": 25,
      "minItems": 1,
      "description": "1 to 25 DOIs or ISBNs, e.g. [\"10.1038/nphys1170\"] or [\"9780140328721\"]; a https://doi.org/ link and hyphens are accepted."
    },
    "keep_capitals": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "maxLength": 100,
        "minLength": 1,
        "description": "A word to preserve as supplied, e.g. Studies."
      },
      "maxItems": 100,
      "description": "Words to keep as written, matched case-insensitively, e.g. [\"Studies\", \"London\"]."
    }
  }
}