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#258 gave packages/backend an injectable host for the three calls the output builders (html/tailwind/flutter/swiftui/compose) make into the live figma global — export, variable-name lookup, and the mixed sentinel.

This PR closes the remaining gap, but in the conversion path instead of the output builders: nodesToJSON/processNodePair — the pipeline useOldPluginVersion2025: false already uses by default — still called figmaNode.exportAsync({format:"JSON_REST_V1"}) and figmaNode.getStyledTextSegments(...) directly on a live node. So even though this pipeline is already REST-JSON-shaped internally, it still needed a live plugin document to produce that JSON and to resolve per-run text styling.

What changed

  • BackendHost gains two more optional methods, getNodeDocument and getStyledTextSegments, following the same optional-with-fallback pattern getVariableName already uses. defaultHost() implements both against the live figma global, so plugin behavior is byte-identical when no host is set.
  • For getStyledTextSegments, there's no REST call that does the same thing — but the REST API's characterStyleOverrides/styleOverrideTable on a TEXT node encode the same per-run styling, just index-based instead of pre-resolved. common/restStyledTextSegments.ts decodes that into the same segment shape. Two fields (textStyleId, fillStyleId) have no REST equivalent at all and are always undefined — that's a hard limit of the REST schema, not something more code can fix.
  • processNodePair no longer takes a live SceneNode parameter at all — it only ever used it for id-matching that the JSON tree already carries. nodesToJSON now takes plain {id: string}[] instead of SceneNode[].

How to verify no regression

Same approach as #258: the default host wraps the real figma global 1:1, and setBackendHost() is never called anywhere in apps/plugin, so getBackendHost() always falls through to defaultHost() there — the plugin app's behavior is unchanged.

New on top of that: jsonNodeConversion.smoke.test.ts runs nodesToJSON → htmlMain against a hand-built REST JSON fixture through a custom host, with literally no figma global defined anywhere in the environment — concrete proof this pipeline now runs headlessly, not just an absence-of-regression argument.

Intentionally out of scope

altNodes/oldAltConversion.ts/oldConvertNodesToAltNodes (the useOldPluginVersion2025: true fallback) is untouched. Its cloneNode does a live for...in property copy off actual SceneNode objects, which has no REST equivalent at all — that's the piece mentioned in #259 as a candidate for removal once the REST API issue that forced keeping both pipelines is no longer a concern. Happy to take a pass at removing it in a follow-up once you're ready, but didn't want to touch it without your input first, since dropping the fallback is a product decision, not just a refactor.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for converting REST-based design documents into HTML outside the plugin environment.
    • Improved styled-text conversion, including line metadata, hyperlinks, spacing, and text formatting.
    • Added backend configuration options for exports, variables, and document access.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Export operations now recover correctly after failures.
    • Improved handling of mixed styles, fills, strokes, radii, and typography values.
    • Variable color names now resolve more reliably, with safe fallbacks.
  • Tests

    • Added comprehensive coverage for REST conversion, styled text, and export recovery.

heinvv added 5 commits August 18, 2026 13:19
packages/backend previously assumed a live Figma plugin sandbox: the
figma.mixed sentinel and figma.getNodeByIdAsync()/exportAsync() were
referenced directly throughout the conversion path. That makes the
package unusable anywhere without a running plugin, including a
server converting already-fetched REST API JSON.

setBackendHost() lets a caller supply mixed/getNodeExport/
getVariableName; when unset, getBackendHost() falls back to wrapping
the real figma global, so the existing plugin app is unaffected.
getBackendHost().mixed is plain symbol (BackendHost.mixed avoids requiring
@figma/plugin-typings for third-party host authors), but callers rely on
TypeScript narrowing T | typeof figma.mixed unions after comparing against
it. A plain symbol return type broke that narrowing wherever the branch
result was used arithmetically afterward.
Satisfies the PR's docstring-coverage check: every exported symbol in
host.ts now has JSDoc, exportAsyncProxy's existing comment is converted
to JSDoc format, and the touched variableToColorName gets one too.
ExportRequest was a loose custom interface (format?: string,
constraint?: {type: string, value: number}) accepting any string,
including invalid formats or {}. defaultHost() then cast that value
to ExportSettings to call exportAsync(), bypassing the type checker
entirely.

Aliasing ExportRequest to ExportSettings | ExportSettingsSVGString
(the actual overloaded exportAsync() parameter type) removes the
cast: narrowing on settings.format now statically selects the right
overload, the same way the pre-refactor exportAsyncProxy.ts did.
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The backend adds an injectable host abstraction for Figma-dependent operations. JSON conversion now consumes REST node documents and host-provided text segments. Converter modules use host-provided mixed sentinels and variable names. Tests cover headless conversion, export recovery, and REST styled-text handling.

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Backend host conversion

Layer / File(s) Summary
Backend host contract and registration
packages/backend/src/host.ts, packages/backend/src/index.ts
Defines the BackendHost interface, default Figma-backed host, host registration and resolution, mixed-value access, and package exports.
REST styled-text resolution
packages/backend/src/common/restStyledTextSegments.ts, packages/backend/src/common/restStyledTextSegments.test.ts
Adds REST styled-text decoding, override merging, line metadata, style conversion, field filtering, and comprehensive tests.
JSON document conversion
packages/backend/src/altNodes/jsonNodeConversion.ts, packages/backend/src/altNodes/jsonNodeConversion.smoke.test.ts
Changes nodesToJSON to accept node IDs and retrieve REST documents and styled-text segments through the host. JSON child traversal no longer requires live Figma nodes.
Host-backed converter integrations
packages/backend/src/common/*, packages/backend/src/compose/*, packages/backend/src/flutter/*, packages/backend/src/html/*, packages/backend/src/swiftui/*, packages/backend/src/tailwind/*
Routes node exports and variable-name lookup through the host. Replaces direct figma.mixed checks with getMixed() across converter modules.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to fc53d

This PR makes the plugin conversion path replaceable without introducing an actionable merge-blocking risk; no current-head issue remains beyond normal checks and review.

Possibly related issues

Possibly related PRs

  • bernaferrari/FigmaToCode#258: This PR extends the injectable backend host with REST document, styled-text, and headless conversion support.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant nodesToJSON
  participant BackendHost
  participant htmlMain
  Caller->>nodesToJSON: provide node IDs and settings
  nodesToJSON->>BackendHost: getNodeDocument(node.id)
  BackendHost-->>nodesToJSON: return REST node document
  nodesToJSON->>BackendHost: getStyledTextSegments(node, fields)
  BackendHost-->>nodesToJSON: return styled-text segments
  nodesToJSON->>htmlMain: convert JSON nodes
  htmlMain-->>Caller: return generated HTML
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In `@packages/backend/src/altNodes/jsonNodeConversion.ts`:
- Around line 616-631: The node document fetched in nodesToJSON must be
deep-cloned before conversion mutates its types, rotations, children, or parent
links. Clone the result of getBackendHost().getNodeDocument before assigning it
to the working document, while preserving the existing missing-document error
behavior. Add a regression test that uses one cached document, calls nodesToJSON
twice, and verifies both results are equivalent.
- Around line 648-654: Remove the unconditional debug logging block around the
node conversion results, including the nodeDoc.name output; do not log
document-derived names by default. If diagnostics are required, gate logging
behind an explicit setting and exclude document names from the payload.

In `@packages/backend/src/common/exportAsyncProxy.ts`:
- Line 25: Update the conversion flow around getBackendHost().getNodeExport so
isRunning is reset in a finally block even when the export rejects, while
preserving the existing success and error behavior.

In `@packages/backend/src/common/restStyledTextSegments.ts`:
- Around line 171-179: Update the run-splitting logic in the styled-text
resolver around the characterStyleOverrides loop and flushRun so it also
compares requested indentation and listOptions at each line boundary, flushing
and starting a new run when either metadata changes. Update the test case in
packages/backend/src/common/restStyledTextSegments.test.ts lines 83-102 to
expect separate segments for “one\n” and “two”, each retaining its line-specific
metadata.
- Around line 40-48: The lineIndexPerCharacter function must produce metadata
indexed by UTF-16 code units to match runStart, overrides, and slice(). Replace
code-point iteration with numeric iteration over characters.length, preserving
newline line increments, and add a regression test covering an emoji before a
newline with a run beginning at that newline.
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heinvv added 3 commits August 18, 2026 21:51
nodesToJSON() passed getBackendHost().getNodeDocument()'s return value
straight into processNodePair(), which mutates it in place (type,
rotation, computed geometry, children). A REST-backed host that caches
and reuses the same document object across calls would have that cache
corrupted by the first conversion, silently feeding an already-
transformed document into the second.

The unconditional debug log also included nodeDoc.name — a Figma layer
name, which can carry customer/business-sensitive text. Harmless in the
plugin's own devtools console; not harmless once this runs server-side
and gets centrally logged.
If getNodeExport() rejected, control never reached the line that reset
isRunning to false. Every export after the first failure would then
skip postConversionStart() — the loading-state message just silently
stops appearing, with no error to point at why.
lineIndexPerCharacter() walked characters with for...of (one entry per
Unicode code point), but characterStyleOverrides indices and .slice()
elsewhere operate on UTF-16 code units. Text with an astral character
(e.g. an emoji) before a newline threw those offsets out of sync, so a
run starting at or after the newline could read the wrong line's
indentation/listOptions.

Separately, run-splitting only triggered on a characterStyleOverrides
change. indentation/listOptions can change at a line boundary with no
accompanying style override, and the resolver was applying the first
line's metadata to every later line in the run — Figma's own
getStyledTextSegments() splits at those boundaries too.

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168-172: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Narrow the REST field contract or map all supported fields.

StyledTextSegmentField accepts native fields that FullSegmentValues does not define, such as fontStyle, listSpacing, and boundVariables. The REST resolver therefore returns undefined for these fields. The current jsonNodeConversion.ts request list is covered, but the exported resolver contract is not.

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In `@packages/backend/src/common/restStyledTextSegments.ts` around lines 168 -
172, Align StyledTextSegmentField with FullSegmentValues by removing unsupported
native fields, or extend the resolver to explicitly map every supported field,
including fontStyle, listSpacing, and boundVariables. Update the field contract
and the picking logic around StyledTextSegmentSubset so requested fields never
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In `@packages/backend/src/common/restStyledTextSegments.ts`:
- Around line 177-188: Update the lineMetadataChanged logic in the styled text
segment generation flow to compare indentation only when fields requests
indentation and listOptions only when fields requests listOptions. Preserve
splitting on requested override changes, and add coverage for fontWeight,
indentation, and listOptions field selections.

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In `@packages/backend/src/common/restStyledTextSegments.ts`:
- Around line 168-172: Align StyledTextSegmentField with FullSegmentValues by
removing unsupported native fields, or extend the resolver to explicitly map
every supported field, including fontStyle, listSpacing, and boundVariables.
Update the field contract and the picking logic around StyledTextSegmentSubset
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Comment thread packages/backend/src/common/restStyledTextSegments.ts
lineMetadataChanged compared indentation and listOptions unconditionally,
so a caller that requested neither (e.g. just fontWeight) still got runs
split on indentation/listOptions changes it never asked about. Figma's
own getStyledTextSegments() docs say segments split "whenever the value
of any [requested] property changes" — unrequested fields shouldn't
factor into the split decision at all.
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