Load, Open and Compile any LaTeX File including Multiple Files or Zipped Projects in Overleaf Online LaTeX Editor

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We can load a LaTeX code snippet attached in this forum posts into Overleaf by passing it (or its URI - Uniform Resource Identifier) to

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https://www.overleaf.com/docs?snip_uri=

using Overleaf API.

The most basic approach is:

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https://www.overleaf.com/docs?snip_uri=http://pathtoyourfile.tex

We may also link to a project instead of a single LaTeX snippet by passing the location of zipped folder(s) or even load separate multiple files.

Usage:

Load a single file

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https://www.overleaf.com/docs?snip_uri=http://pathtoyourfile.tex

Here, replace http://pathtoyourfile.tex with a path or url to the LaTeX file.

Load multiple files

We can upload multiple files using snip_uri[] array parameters with

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https://www.overleaf.com/docs?snip_uri[]=http://.../a.tex&snip_uri[]=http://.../b.tex

And use snip_name parameter to override the name of each uploaded file, like this:

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https://www.overleaf.com/docs?snip_uri[]=http://.../a.tex&
                              snip_uri[]=http://.../b.tex&
                              snip_name[]=file1.tex&
                              snip_name[]=file2.tex

Load zipped file/folder(s) (a project)

This is the most practical approach because LaTeX documents are usually produced from multiple files which may also be located in different folders with snippets including folders with images and so on. It is seamlessly convenient to zip the files/folders into a single project and archive them on this forum rather than uploading one by one. We illustrate how uploading a zipped project works in action:

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https://www.overleaf.com/docs?snip_uri=http://pathtoyourfile_zipped_files

Example 1:

We can load the zipped project located here as follows:

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https://www.overleaf.com/docs?snip_uri=https://www.tssfl.com/download/file.php?id=961

where anything after = sign is the path/link to the zipped project.

Load this project now and Open in Overleaf

Example 2:

We can again load and open in Overleaf the zipped project found here in a similar manner:

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https://www.overleaf.com/docs?snip_uri=https://www.tssfl.com/download/file.php?id=1161

Load this project and Open in Overleaf

You can also use this LaTeX online Editor or mathcha.io.