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I'm using LaTeX to write school assignments and discussion posts, and I rely on Zotero for managing references. My workflow is LaTeX + Zotero in VS Code, which is more accessible with a screen reader than most other setups I’ve tried.

My school uses Brightspace, which allows discussion posts in either rich text or HTML. I’m trying to convert my .tex files to HTML so I can paste them into the discussion editor, and I want to include APA-style references.

I’m using Pandoc with this command:

pandoc main.tex \ --bibliography=references. Bib \ --csl=apa.csl \ --standalone \ -o main.html

The HTML file is generated, but the references section is missing.

I’ve also tried converting to .docx and copying from there, but formatting gets messy. Copying from the PDF loses all formatting.

How can I get a clean HTML version of my LaTeX document with the references included?

Any help would be appreciated!

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I figured it out thanks to a suggestion on Reddit!

To generate an HTML file from a LaTeX document with APA-style references using Pandoc, I needed to:

  • Use --citeproc to process citations.
  • Remove any \\bibliography or \\bibliographystyle commands from the .tex file.
  • Use \\cite{} commands for citations (not raw BibTeX).
  • Make sure my .bib file and apa.csl file are up to date.

Here’s the working command:

pandoc main.tex \ --bibliography=references.bib \ --csl=apa.csl \ --citeproc \ --standalone \ -o main.html

This gave me a clean HTML file with both in-text citations and a full references section. I was already doing most of this right—the missing piece was the --citeproc flag.

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