A python script to retrieve programmatically retrieve Figma design files and generate SVGs using the first-party Figma API.
pip install -r requirements.txtfigmagen requires Python 2.7.14 or greater, but is not compatible with Python 3.
figmagen --file='[FILE ID]' --token='[TOKEN]' [OPTIONS]... [FRAME IDS]...(optional)
OPTIONS:
--help Display this message.
--file The ID of the Figma file to fetch and render. A default may be provided by setting the 'FIGMA_FILE_ID' environment variable.
--token The Access Token for your account. A default may be provided by setting the 'FIGMA_TOKEN' environment variable.
--purge Clears the local cache of Figma responses (stored for 8 hours by default due to file size)
--workflow Generate a concatenated x-callback-url for Workflow on iOS to allow passing of all requested images.
[FRAME IDS] A comma separated list of Frame/Canvas IDs to render. Bypasses selection process. (e.g. '2213:1,2235:125')
The file identifier can be retrieved from any Figma file URL. For example: https://www.figma.com/file/jfa1skOOHVadsfh884h/Example.File would result in a File ID of jfa1skOOHVadsfh884h. A default file will be used if the environment variable FIGMA_FILE_ID is set and no file parameter is specified.
Figma offers Personal Access Tokens to authenticate requests to their API. This can be passed as a command line parameter, but figmagen will also read from the environment variable FIGMA_TOKEN for convenience.
If you happen to know your node IDs (e.g. 22314:5724), you may provide a string delineated listed at the end of your parameter input to bypass the full Figma file retrieval and interactive selection steps.
As was conceived to enable reviewing Figma assets on laptops/devices that Figma was unavailable (or undesirable), I included the ability to generate a grouped Workflow x-callback-url. This URL will include all the requested image URLs and run a Workflow titled Figma URL. You must have a Workflow with this name for the callback URL to function.
Despite the Figma's API responding with JSON, Figma file requests may be quite large -- possibly over 100MB. To address this, figmagen utilized the requests-cache library to provide a persistence cache for responses. By default, the cache will be valid for eight hours from the last request. This also applies to rendering requests. This should reduce load time if you're planning on reviewing multiple areas of a Figma file or repeating requests.
If the source file is changed and you'd like to retrieve the latest details, include the --purge parameter with your request.