Formats citation to APA, MLA formats.
npm install citation-formatterA small JS module to create academic citations in APA and MLA format.
* Supports APA and MLA
* Small size (1.5kb)
* Flexible API
npm install citation-formatter
Create a citation object to cite:
javascript
const myCitationObjects = [{ authors: [{first: 'John', last: 'Doe'}], year: '2021', title: 'Title', publisher: 'Publisher', url: 'https://example.com/link-to-article'}]
`
Which will have the following expected output in APA and MLA:
> Doe, J. (2021). Title. Publisher. https://example.com/link-to-article> John Doe, et al. (2021). "Title." Publisher. https://example.com/link-to-article
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You can either import the CitationFormatter factory function to read citation objects with the method, and use each format method to return formatted citations:
`javascript
import CitationFormatter from 'citation-formatter'
const formatter = CitationFormatter()
formatter.cite(myCitationObjects)
// Return array of citation strings formatted in APA and MLA
const myAPACitations = formatter.APA()
const myMLACitations = formatter.MLA()
`
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Or you can import each formatter alone and pass them citation objects directly:
javascript
import { APA, MLA } from 'citation-formatter'
const myAPACitations = APA(myCitationObjects)
const myMLACitations = MLA(myCitationObjects)
`
Citation object
accepts either one citation object, or an array of citation objects. The citation objects should have the following shape, or an error will throw:
| Field | Type | Required |
| ---------- | ------ | :------: |
| authors | Array | Yes |
| year | String | Yes |
| title | String | Yes |
| publisher| String | Yes |
| url | String | Yes |author objects must have the following shape:
| Field | Type | Required |
| -------- | ------ | :------: |
| first | String | Yes |
| last | String | Yes |Example:
`javascript
const myCitationObject = {
authors: [
{first: 'John', last: 'Doe'}
],
year: '2021',
title: 'Title',
publisher: 'Publisher',
url: 'https://example.com/link-to-article'
}
``