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Working with Images

There is a collection of top level functions provided for adding and manipulating images in Framer.

Adding Images to the canvas

To add an image to the canvas you use the addImage method.

// Upload an image with a URL
await framer.addImage({
  image: "https://example.com/image.png",
  name: 'My image',
  altText: "Alt description"
})

// Add an image through a file input
const fileInput = document.querySelector(`input[type="file"]`)
const file = fileInput.files[0]

const image = await framer.addImage({
  image: file, 
  name: "Uploaded image", 
  altText: "Alt Description" 
})

// or use the shorthand
const image = await framer.addImage(file)
// Upload an image with a URL
await framer.addImage({
  image: "https://example.com/image.png",
  name: 'My image',
  altText: "Alt description"
})

// Add an image through a file input
const fileInput = document.querySelector(`input[type="file"]`)
const file = fileInput.files[0]

const image = await framer.addImage({
  image: file, 
  name: "Uploaded image", 
  altText: "Alt Description" 
})

// or use the shorthand
const image = await framer.addImage(file)
// Upload an image with a URL
await framer.addImage({
  image: "https://example.com/image.png",
  name: 'My image',
  altText: "Alt description"
})

// Add an image through a file input
const fileInput = document.querySelector(`input[type="file"]`)
const file = fileInput.files[0]

const image = await framer.addImage({
  image: file, 
  name: "Uploaded image", 
  altText: "Alt Description" 
})

// or use the shorthand
const image = await framer.addImage(file)

Setting an image on the selected node

To add an image to the current selection you can use the setImage method.

await framer.setImage({ image: "https://example.com/image.png", altText: "Alt Description" })
await framer.setImage({ image: "https://example.com/image.png", altText: "Alt Description" })
await framer.setImage({ image: "https://example.com/image.png", altText: "Alt Description" })

This will apply the image to the current selected Node if it supports setting an image. If a Component Node is selected with a single Image control prop, it will also set the image.

Image resolution

All image-related methods allow you to set the resolution to "auto" (default), "lossless", "small", "medium", "large" or "full", same as through the UI. Effects of each are described in this help article.

await framer.addImage({ image: "https://example.com/image.png", resolution: "lossless" })
await framer.addImage({ image: "https://example.com/image.png", resolution: "lossless" })
await framer.addImage({ image: "https://example.com/image.png", resolution: "lossless" })

Uploading images without assigning them to a node

You can also upload images to framer without assigning them to a node on the canvas. The API looks similar.

const image = await framer.uploadImage({
  image: 'https://example.com/image.png',
  name: 'My image',
  altText: "alt Description"
})

// Later, use the image for creating a node
await framer.createFrameNode({
  backgroundImage: image
})
const image = await framer.uploadImage({
  image: 'https://example.com/image.png',
  name: 'My image',
  altText: "alt Description"
})

// Later, use the image for creating a node
await framer.createFrameNode({
  backgroundImage: image
})
const image = await framer.uploadImage({
  image: 'https://example.com/image.png',
  name: 'My image',
  altText: "alt Description"
})

// Later, use the image for creating a node
await framer.createFrameNode({
  backgroundImage: image
})

Getting an image from selection

The simplest way to get an image is to use the getImage() function. This will get the image of the current selection if it exists. An example usage looks like this:

const image = await framer.getImage();
const image = await framer.getImage();
const image = await framer.getImage();

To listen to image changes, you can use the subscribeToImage listener. Here is that abstracted into a hook.

import { framer, ImageAsset } from 'framer-plugin'

function useImageSelection() {
    const [image, setImage] = useState<ImageAsset | null>(null)
    useEffect(() => {
        return framer.subscribeToImage(setImage)
    }, [])
    return image
}
import { framer, ImageAsset } from 'framer-plugin'

function useImageSelection() {
    const [image, setImage] = useState<ImageAsset | null>(null)
    useEffect(() => {
        return framer.subscribeToImage(setImage)
    }, [])
    return image
}
import { framer, ImageAsset } from 'framer-plugin'

function useImageSelection() {
    const [image, setImage] = useState<ImageAsset | null>(null)
    useEffect(() => {
        return framer.subscribeToImage(setImage)
    }, [])
    return image
}

Modifying the alt text of an image

In some cases you may want to modify the alt text of an Image without changing the image.

const imageNodes = await framer.getNodesWithAttributeSet("backgroundImage")
for (const imageNode of imageNodes) {
    if (!imageNode.backgroundImage) continue

    await imageNode.setAttributes({
        backgroundImage: imageNode.backgroundImage.cloneWithAttributes({
          altText: "Updated Alt Text"
        }),
    })
}
const imageNodes = await framer.getNodesWithAttributeSet("backgroundImage")
for (const imageNode of imageNodes) {
    if (!imageNode.backgroundImage) continue

    await imageNode.setAttributes({
        backgroundImage: imageNode.backgroundImage.cloneWithAttributes({
          altText: "Updated Alt Text"
        }),
    })
}
const imageNodes = await framer.getNodesWithAttributeSet("backgroundImage")
for (const imageNode of imageNodes) {
    if (!imageNode.backgroundImage) continue

    await imageNode.setAttributes({
        backgroundImage: imageNode.backgroundImage.cloneWithAttributes({
          altText: "Updated Alt Text"
        }),
    })
}

Example: Image Processing

Some plugins may be designed to manipulate images. For these cases, we provide raw image bytes and some utilities to perform image manipulation. A convenient way to perform image manipulation is by rendering the Image bitmap on a HTML canvas. An example implementation of bytesFromCanvas can be found in this gist.

// Get the selected image in framer
const image = await framer.getImage()

const canvas = document.createElement("canvas")
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d")

// Load the image bytes into an ImageBitmap that canvas supports
const bitmap = await image.loadBitmap()

// Set the height of the canvas to the height of the image
ctx.canvas.width = img.width;
ctx.canvas.height = img.height;

// Here we horizontally invert the image bitmap.
ctx.scale(-1, 1);
ctx.drawImage(bitmap, -bitmap.width, 0);

const result = await bytesFromCanvas(canvas);

await framer.addImage({
  image: { bytes: result, mimeType },
});
// Get the selected image in framer
const image = await framer.getImage()

const canvas = document.createElement("canvas")
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d")

// Load the image bytes into an ImageBitmap that canvas supports
const bitmap = await image.loadBitmap()

// Set the height of the canvas to the height of the image
ctx.canvas.width = img.width;
ctx.canvas.height = img.height;

// Here we horizontally invert the image bitmap.
ctx.scale(-1, 1);
ctx.drawImage(bitmap, -bitmap.width, 0);

const result = await bytesFromCanvas(canvas);

await framer.addImage({
  image: { bytes: result, mimeType },
});
// Get the selected image in framer
const image = await framer.getImage()

const canvas = document.createElement("canvas")
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d")

// Load the image bytes into an ImageBitmap that canvas supports
const bitmap = await image.loadBitmap()

// Set the height of the canvas to the height of the image
ctx.canvas.width = img.width;
ctx.canvas.height = img.height;

// Here we horizontally invert the image bitmap.
ctx.scale(-1, 1);
ctx.drawImage(bitmap, -bitmap.width, 0);

const result = await bytesFromCanvas(canvas);

await framer.addImage({
  image: { bytes: result, mimeType },
});

Working with Files

Code components can be configured to accept files by adding ControlType.File to the component's property controls. A Plugin can upload files to Framer and assign them to the component's controls using the following code.

const uploadedFile = await framer.uploadFile({
  // You can also pass "File" objects
  // To accept <input type="file" /> inputs.
  file: "https://example.com/video.mp4",
  name: "Example Video" 
})

// Insert a Video Component with the uploaded file
await framer.addComponentInstance({
  url: "https://framer.com/m/framer/Video.js#Video",
  attributes: {
    controls: {
      srcType: "Upload",
      srcFile: uploadedFile,
    },
  },
})
const uploadedFile = await framer.uploadFile({
  // You can also pass "File" objects
  // To accept <input type="file" /> inputs.
  file: "https://example.com/video.mp4",
  name: "Example Video" 
})

// Insert a Video Component with the uploaded file
await framer.addComponentInstance({
  url: "https://framer.com/m/framer/Video.js#Video",
  attributes: {
    controls: {
      srcType: "Upload",
      srcFile: uploadedFile,
    },
  },
})
const uploadedFile = await framer.uploadFile({
  // You can also pass "File" objects
  // To accept <input type="file" /> inputs.
  file: "https://example.com/video.mp4",
  name: "Example Video" 
})

// Insert a Video Component with the uploaded file
await framer.addComponentInstance({
  url: "https://framer.com/m/framer/Video.js#Video",
  attributes: {
    controls: {
      srcType: "Upload",
      srcFile: uploadedFile,
    },
  },
})

Working with SVGs

Adding an SVG uses the addSVG async function. You can pass in the html for the SVG itself, along with a name of your choosing. Only SVG smaller than 10kb is accepted.

await framer.addSVG({
  svg: `<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20"><path d="M5 2.5h10v5h-5Zm0 5h5l5 5H5Zm5 5v5l-5-5Z"/></svg>`,
  name: "framer.svg",
})
await framer.addSVG({
  svg: `<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20"><path d="M5 2.5h10v5h-5Zm0 5h5l5 5H5Zm5 5v5l-5-5Z"/></svg>`,
  name: "framer.svg",
})
await framer.addSVG({
  svg: `<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20"><path d="M5 2.5h10v5h-5Zm0 5h5l5 5H5Zm5 5v5l-5-5Z"/></svg>`,
  name: "framer.svg",
})

If you need to pass SVG bigger than 10kb, you should pass it's bytes data using the addImage function.

await framer.addImage({
  image: {
    type: "bytes",
    bytes: new TextEncoder().encode(svgInput),
    mimeType: "image/svg+xml",
  },
  name: "SVG",
});
await framer.addImage({
  image: {
    type: "bytes",
    bytes: new TextEncoder().encode(svgInput),
    mimeType: "image/svg+xml",
  },
  name: "SVG",
});
await framer.addImage({
  image: {
    type: "bytes",
    bytes: new TextEncoder().encode(svgInput),
    mimeType: "image/svg+xml",
  },
  name: "SVG",
});

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