Parsing/Extracting info from Photoshop via API or SDK

[Nikhil Ranka]

Hello,

After parsing/extracting info from the received PSDs input we want to build an HTML or convert it into a different format like JSON. 

Without having Photoshop installed, are there any APIs or SDKs by Adobe that allows extracting/parsing detailed info from PSDs? Or, are there any Adobe suggested open-source libraries, to accomplish the same?

Looking forward to your response

Thanks!

[Kukurykus]

Adobe Photoshop File Formats Specification November 2019

[Nikhil Ranka]

Thanks @Kukurykus for sharing  the specification, should help one deepen understanding  of the specification,

By any chance can you point to APIs or open source libraries by Adobe or non-Adobe that parses PSDs and helps one extract info from them.

[Kukurykus]

Unfortunately I don't know any.

[Test Screen Name]

Adobe do not want to encourage their competitors so of course there is no PSD reading library. But they do very generously publish the specification so you can do this work. It is a lot of work, of course.

[Nikhil Ranka]

That's understandable. However are there any APIs or sdk by Adobe? 

Certainly, reading the spec would be insightful but that would require significant amount of effort. Looking to start off with the support of existing services/libraries - than building build on my own.

[Kukurykus]

Adobe Photoshop

[jazz-y]

psd-reader

I have not tested, but the description is very similar to what you are looking for

[Nikhil Ranka]

Thanks for sharing. But looks like parsing is not supported and it is for client side use only.