I’m trying to save user-specified filepaths for later use in my Photoshop plugin. Is there any standard way in UXP to do this? One which Adobe actively supports? For example, if you were building a Chrome Extension, you can just Chrome Storage to store any number of things in memory for later use. I…

Adobe has provided the getDataFolder for this purpose. const pluginDataFolder = await fs.getDataFolder(); With this it is also not necessary to implement a file dialog.

Can I use this local storage approach to store, then re-use, folder/filepaths in later operations, without forcing users to re-select it each time? So let’s say I want to give the user an option, in my plugin, to save certain workflows for re-use as needed. For example, imagine someone has a standa…

Yes you can. For these purposes you can create/save/load persistent tokens .

Gotcha. Looks like literally exactly what I’m going for. Another question on this: Is there any risk of local storage (or that other method) getting wiped? Like with updates? Or if the user clears their cache in Photoshop settings? Or is this plugin specific, and so long as the plugin is installed,…

Both stores are plugin specific and should remain between updates. They are removed when: the plugin is uninstalled or the files are removed manually / by another process.

Excellent, straightforward answers. Thanks for your help!

Is there an Adobe-supported method to store user inputs/filepaths via Photoshop UXP?

Photoshop UXP Plugin API

tomzag August 14, 2023, 8:29am 3

Another possibility is also localStorage. Kerri wrote about the differences here.

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Is there an Adobe-supported method to store user inputs/filepaths via Photoshop UXP?

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