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Plugin to send messages from a prototype to a web server

  • September 26, 2024
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Matthew_Law1

I’m working on building a prototype that updates screen content and simultaneously triggering behaviors on hardware.

  • I have my hardware set up where I can run a command on a Raspberry Pi and get the desired reactions.
  • I also have an HTTP server I can send POST requests with properly formatted JSON to trigger the Raspberry Pi to run the commands that I want.

The problem I’m running into is figuring out how to send those commands from directly within a Figma prototype. Does a plugin exist that does this? Is there a hacky means of putting a specially formatted URL in a link? I’m open to anything.

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Cathal_Moran
Figmate
  • Figmate
  • 2 replies
  • November 25, 2024

For prototypes it might be worth reviewing Figproxy here : Figproxy: A Free and Open Tool to Connect Figma and Arduino

I was able to follow these instructions for Arduino


xiduzo
  • New Participant
  • 8 replies
  • February 10, 2025

Hey ​@Matthew_Law1, I’ve been working on something similar. You can check it out here, or if you are interested in how I solved this look at the github repo