Help Needed: Replicating Selected Figma Element in Frontend

[tank666]

@Eric_S

To use Figma API, I need fileId, right?

If you mean REST API, then yes, some endpoints require a file key, including the GET image and GET image fills endpoints. But if you want to get JSON of the object, you can use exportAsync function from Plugin API.

@Eric_S

But, in Figma plugin, how can I get fileId?
figma.fileKey is returning undefined.

@tank666

If the former, then you need to come up with something, such as asking the user to paste a link to a file in order to get a fileKey. If the latter, then enable the private plugin API in the manifest.json file and use the figma.fileKey.

@tank666

Please refer to the documentation:

fileKey: string | undefined [readonly]
The file key of the current file this plugin is running on. Only private plugins and Figma-owned resources (such as the Jira and Asana widgets) have access to this. To enable this behavior, you need to specify enablePrivatePluginApi in your manifest.json.

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