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Nidhin_Kuttikkattu_Rajeevan
Nidhin_Kuttikkattu_Rajeevan
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January 11, 2024
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Comparing figma versions

  • January 11, 2024
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Hello experts…

Could I ask a question here. My company’s design team is releasing 4-5 Figma documents versions for design. Even though their release history says the changes, still there are hidden changes. I am planning to develop a plugin to compare 2 Figma documents. Is it possible to compare via plugin? Example we use a diff tool used for comparing 2 text document?

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Nidhin_Kuttikkattu_Rajeevan
Nidhin_Kuttikkattu_RajeevanAuthor
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January 11, 2024

@tank666 ??

tank666
tank666
January 11, 2024

Yes you can! Use REST API.
https://www.figma.com/developers/api#version-history

UX/UI designer. Figma expert. Creator and developer of plugins and widgets for Figma and FigJam. Check out my resources in Figma Community: figma.com/@tank
Nidhin_Kuttikkattu_Rajeevan
Nidhin_Kuttikkattu_RajeevanAuthor
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January 11, 2024

I have used REST API for my other works in python. So I know the concept. So here if I query a Figma document using REST API will it return the entire content and you suggest do that fetch for both files and do file comparison on the return result?

tank666
tank666
January 11, 2024

It depends on your ideas and needs. You can get JSON for the entire document or for a specific node.

UX/UI designer. Figma expert. Creator and developer of plugins and widgets for Figma and FigJam. Check out my resources in Figma Community: figma.com/@tank
Nidhin_Kuttikkattu_Rajeevan
Nidhin_Kuttikkattu_RajeevanAuthor
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January 11, 2024

Thank you Tank. I will try fetch this first and I will check what all things I am getting from it. Basically I want A-Z 🙂

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