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Plugin API and Rest API using Extended Variables Collection Plugin

  • June 18, 2026
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Fanny Zhou

Hello, I am using the ExtendedVariablesCollection to override some variable values by creating an extended collection. I want to use the Figma Rest API to access the variables overrides, but I cannot. Is this a Figma limitation? 

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Jaycee Lewis
Figmate

Hey hey ​@Fanny Zhou 👋 Great question. 

Looking at the docs for the local variables endpoint, extended collection overrides are meant to come back on the collection object (inside `variableCollections`), not on the individual variables). It's worth a quick check that you're looking in the right spot.

To narrow it down, could you share:

  • The exact endpoint + method you're calling
  • The `variableCollections` portion of the response for your extended collection (feel free to sanitize or redact names/values — I just need to see the shape)

Specifically, on that extended collection object, are these present?

  • `isExtension: true`
  • a `variableOverrides` key

Those two fields (plus `parentVariableCollectionId`) only appear when the collection is an extension, so whether they show up tells us a lot.

— Jaycee

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