Hey folks!
I’ve just started a new project of converting an existing in-house plugin in Photoshop to use XD instead. The primary purpose of the plugin is to pre-setup files using various inputs from a separate application to create a starting point file for our designers and save them some time in their setup process.
What I’d like to know is:
There is some fairly complex behavior possible (though clunky and prone to crashing…) in Photoshop by using an application COM interface to, basically, boss Photoshop around via code. lol Is there something similar that can be done with XD, or will Plugins be the only way to initiate these types of behaviors in XD?
Specifically, I’m looking to do things like:
- Open an existing file on the local disk or a network location
- Save a new copy of that file in X location
- Editing components for bulk changes (images, text, colors, etc) across artboards
- Creating and naming new artboards
- Exporting artboard images to a remote location
That kind of thing! 
I’m digging through the API, doing some basic test use-cases and have started wrapping my head around making modifications, but will immediately run into problems if I can’t, say, open a file and save it in a new location. Judging by the public Trello roadmap and the API as-is, I’m guessing these don’t exist just yet. Is that a correct assumption on my part?
Either way, excited to get started, and loving XD already!
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