# Hi, I'm JRed! I have a question about the Adobe SDKs

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**Created:** [March 13, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/hi-im-jred-i-have-a-question-about-the-adobe-sdks/2646 "2021-03-13T02:22:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![JRed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/jred/32/1253_2.png) [@JRed](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/JRed)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/hi-im-jred-i-have-a-question-about-the-adobe-sdks/2646/1 "2021-03-13T02:22:16Z")

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Hi! I’m not sure this is the right tag, but I don’t see any that fully cover my question, and since I’m new, I’ll consider this a hello too! 😄 I recently decided to begin working on a personal idea of mine. If you do not know, Discord offers an SDK to allow c++ programs to show what their users are doing within the status of a Discord user. I know Adobe offers plugin support, so I thought it might be a cool idea to make a plugin that shows the file you are currently editing and what programs it is in. So my real question is what Adobe programs offer a c++ API (and where is their documentation) and will these APIs allow me to see the file the user is currently editing? Thank you so much for your time!

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**Author:** ![Erin\_Finnegan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/erin_finnegan/32/100_2.png) [@Erin\_Finnegan](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Erin_Finnegan)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/hi-im-jred-i-have-a-question-about-the-adobe-sdks/2646/2 "2021-03-15T16:35:14Z")

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> [@JRed](#):
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> what Adobe programs offer a c++ API (and where is their documentation)

Hi there, and welcome!

Different Creative Cloud apps have different C++ SDKs. Generally speaking, you can log into [https://console.adobe.io/](https://console.adobe.io/) (recently redesigned) with an Adobe ID (even a free one) and browse around [https://console.adobe.io/servicesandapis](https://console.adobe.io/servicesandapis). I’d filter for “Creative Cloud” and check for “Downloads”. Then you can download C++ SDKs and see the documentation.

There appear to be some broken links in the recent redesign, so if you hit a 404 do let us know in this thread.

Generally speaking, [the older forums](https://community.adobe.com/) will have more C++ developers, but they’re divided up by app, or in the “[Exchange](https://community.adobe.com/t5/exchange/bd-p/exchange?page=1&sort=latest_replies&filter=all)” or “[Coding Corner](https://community.adobe.com/t5/coding-corner/bd-p/coding-corner?page=1&sort=latest_replies&filter=all)” categories.