Extendscript: Place asset from Shared Adobe CC library

[fredericg91066745]

Hello,

Is is possible to place an asset (jpg) from a Shared Adobe CC library on a PSD layer with jsx code?

I tried to link directly to the online library:

var assetFile = new File('https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/xxx-xxx/asset.jpg");

I tried to link to the local copy of the asset:

var assetFile = new File('/Users/xxx/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Creative Cloud Libraries/LIBS/xxx_AdobeID/creative_cloud/xxx/xxx-c5ae61c21adf/components/asset.jpg')

.. but no succes 😞

Thanks,

fred

[JJMack]

so 

var appData = Folder.userData;

the var appData may work on both PC and Mac for the beginning of the path.  I do not use Cloud libraries so I do not know where  local library copy may be.

var assetFile = new File(appData +  '/Adobe/Creative Cloud Libraries/LIBS/xxx_AdobeID/creative_cloud/xxx/xxx-c5ae61c21adf/components/asset.jpg')

[Lumigraphics]

This is not likely to work. You'll need to download the asset first.

[fredericg91066745]

Hello,

Thank you all for your help. Here is where I am so far:

Using the ScriptingListenerJS, I am able to retrieve le path to the asset in my local computer. Unfortunately, the name I need to place the asset on the PSD is not "b73bfca4-352b-4173-b53f-f3bf96382daf.jpg" but "RDV_843.jpg" ... In another word, how can I get the real name to do this:

new File( "/Users/fred/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Creative Cloud Libraries/LIBS/0509FD58579F38307F000101_AdobeID/creative_cloud/dcx/da4c9e1a-8bc8-4966-8ae1-c5ae61c21adf/components/RDV_843.jpg" ) );

var idplaceEvent = stringIDToTypeID( "placeEvent" );
var desc6 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idID = stringIDToTypeID( "ID" );
desc6.putInteger( idID, 2 );
var idnull = stringIDToTypeID( "null" );
desc6.putPath( idnull, new File( "/Users/fred/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Creative Cloud Libraries/LIBS/0509FD58579F38307F000101_AdobeID/creative_cloud/dcx/da4c9e1a-8bc8-4966-8ae1-c5ae61c21adf/components/b73bfca4-352b-4173-b53f-f3bf96382daf.jpg" ) );
var idlayerName = stringIDToTypeID( "layerName" );
desc6.putString( idlayerName, """RDV_843""" );
var idlinked = stringIDToTypeID( "linked" );
desc6.putBoolean( idlinked, true );

[JJMack]

b73bfca4-352b-4173-b53f-f3bf96382daf

That sreing looks like a UUID a script mat have generated to ceate a unique name fot that jpeg file. The folder name da4c9e1a-8bc8-4966-8ae1-c5ae61c21adf also look liks a UUID

[fredericg91066745]

Thanks for your response.... now, can someone from Adobe tell if it even possible or not to do that?????

thx

fred

[rob day]

I don’t think it will work because when you place a Library asset a temporary copy is downloaded from the cloud library for the local place. On OSX the download is deep inside of the hidden private folder. The file is deleted on a restart—as @Lumigraphics suggests I don’t think there would be a way to even get the temp file path without downloading first. Here’s the file when I choose Edit Contents from the Layers panel:

This came up in the InDesign forum today:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/script-to-relink-all-image-from-local-to-cc-library/td-p/118...

[fredericg91066745]

Thanks everyone for your help 🙂

I think that for now since I don't have many assets, I will relink manually each one to the Adobe CC Library.

fred