R & D for sketch Plugin

Find the workflow and technical requirements to create the Sketch plugin. 

Findings:-

 Writing/Reading metadata:

https://developer.sketchapp.com/reference/api/#settings

var Settings = require('sketch/settings')

Document wide metadata Settings.globalSettingForKey('my-key') & Settings.setGlobalSettingForKey('my-key', 0.1)

Layer metadata Settings.layerSettingForKey(layer, 'my-key') & Settings.setLayerSettingForKey(layer, 'my-key', 0.1)

 Exporting assets:

https://developer.sketchapp.com/reference/api/#export-format

https://developer.sketchapp.com/reference/api/#export

var sketch = require('sketch/dom') 
sketch.export(layer, \{ formats: 'svg', }) 
sketch.export([layer, layer2]) 
const options = \{ scales: '1, 2, 3', formats: 'png, jpg' } 
sketch.export(page, options) sketch.export(document.pages) 
const options = \{ formats: 'json', output: false } 
const sketchJSON = sketch.export(layer, options)

Other:

• Use web pack and skpm build to deploy the extra JS files and resources, otherwise api's can not be exposed from webview and commands.
• Use require in the command js for the lazy load resources and JS. Webpack only deploys the resources being used in the html/JS.