BibTeX entry from URL

This extension provides a BibTeX reference for the active URL

What is BibTeX entry from URL?

BibTeX entry from URL is a Chrome extension developed by nettrino, and its main feature is "This extension provides a BibTeX reference for the active URL".

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        A simple chrome extension that creates a BibTeX entry for the URL in the current tab. 
Supports @misc and @online entries.

Tab's title and URL are automatically copied to be used in your LaTeX documents.

"Accessed on" field (resp. "urldate" for @online entries) is optional

Author, year and month info need to be filled-in manually, and can optionally be omitted.

Add
                      \usepackage{hyperref}

in your LaTeX document for the extension to work properly.

Example of use: 

For http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/packaging.html we get:

@misc{Packa3:Online,
author = {},
title = {Packaging - Google Chrome},
howpublished = {\url{https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/packaging}},
month = {},
year = {},
note = {(Accessed on 06/07/2014)}
}

Changes in v.1.3.2: Abbreviation format
Changes in v.1.3.1: Bug fix in option initialization
Changes in v.1.3.0: Added options for omitting blank entries and @online format
Changes in v.1.2.9: Replacing illegal characters in bibtex key with '.'. Switched from 'Visited' to 'Accessed'
Changes in v.1.2.8: added right-click option to save BibTeX (context menu)
Changes in v.1.2.7: CSS fix & restored month, year option
Changes in v.1.2.6: additional date formats 
Changes in v.1.2.5: added escaping of TeX special characters and date format selection option
Changes in v.1.2.4: added 'year' and 'month' fields 
Changes in v1.2.3 : switched from @online to @misc
Changes in v1.2.2 : added note field.                    

Extension Basic Information

Name BibTeX entry from URL BibTeX entry from URL
ID mgpmgkhhbjgkpnanlmlhibjfgpdpgjec
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bibtex-entry-from-url/mgpmgkhhbjgkpnanlmlhibjfgpdpgjec
Description This extension provides a BibTeX reference for the active URL
File Size 166 KB
Installation Count 26,911
Current Version 1.3.2
Last Updated 2016-09-10
Publish Date 2016-09-09
Rating 4.69/5 Total 49 Ratings
Developer nettrino
Payment Type free
Supported Languages en
manifest.json
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    "manifest_version": 2,
    "name": "BibTeX entry from URL",
    "short_name": "url_to_bib",
    "description": "This extension provides a BibTeX reference for the active URL",
    "version": "1.3.2",
    "options_page": "options.html",
    "options_ui": {
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        "chrome_style": true
    },
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