HTML to image conversion

You're tackling a fairly complex challenge—rendering HTML to an image for Figma plugin use can be tricky due to environment limitations like sandboxing. Puppeteer, while powerful, isn't designed to work inside a Figma plugin's isolated environment, which is likely causing the issues you’re seeing in Step 2.

Alternative Suggestions:

1. Move Rendering Fully Server-Side: Ensure the Puppeteer process is fully isolated from the Figma environment. Your plugin should only send the HTML string to your server, let Puppeteer do the rendering and screenshot generation, and then return a processed image (preferably in base64) ready for use with figma.createImageAsync().

2. Use Prebuilt Rendering APIs: If setting up and maintaining Puppeteer becomes too heavy, consider using external services or APIs like:

   • htmlcsstoimage.com

   • screenshotapi.net

   These can convert HTML/CSS to images and return them in base64 or binary format.

3. Security and Size Considerations: Ensure the HTML input doesn’t include scripts that could break your renderer. Also, keep an eye on image size—Figma has limits on what can be rendered and uploaded.

If you’re venturing into more intelligent automation—such as dynamically generating HTML content or optimizing your rendering logic with predictive behavior—you might consider collaborating with an ai programmer to bring machine learning into your pipeline. This could be especially useful for templating or smart image generation.

Let me know if you’d like a basic working example using one of the third-party APIs above!