Export SVGs from Figma via CLI

Getting Started

Export your SVGs that are in your Figma project easily via CLI.

Pre-requisties

• You will need a DEV_TOKEN (See Step 5 of Setup)
• Your Icons are in a single Frame
• Each icon is a Figma Component (Select Icon and use the shortcut key ⌥⌘K)

Output

Your SVGs will be generated in src/svg folder

Setup

1. yarn install
2. Select the frame your icons are in
3. Copy the URL in the browser; it should look similar to https://www.figma.com/file/abcASewbASmnas/Test?node-id=1%3123
4. Run ts-node src/setupEnv.ts and paste in your URL copied from step 3 when prompted. This will generate a .env file
5. Generate a DEV_TOKEN a.k.a Personal Access Token by going to Help and Account > Account Settings > Personal Access Token
6. Add your DEV_TOKEN from step 5 into .env file
7. Run ts-node src/index.ts and your SVGs will be generated into src/svg folder

Filtering Private Components (starting with a . or a _)

1. If you want to ignore / filter private components that start with a . or _, change the FILTER_PRIVATE_COMPONENTS variable to true. Thanks to lennertVanSever for their contribution to this

Limitations

Figma API has a fixed number of requests (rate limits) you can call per minute. This script will process a 20 requests per 45 seconds to avoid hitting that limit.