UtilsAPI

Utility helpers for working with the plugin API.

UtilsAPI interface

Utility helpers for working with the plugin API.

Signature:

interface UtilsAPI

Remarks

Provides type guards for narrowing unknown values into Layer, TransformableLayer or Shape unions. Useful when iterating over collections of mixed nodes (e.g. creator.selection.nodes).

Methods

Method	Description
isLayer(node)	Returns `true` if the given value is a Layer.
isShape(node)	Returns `true` if the given value is a Shape.
isTransformableLayer(node)	Returns `true` if the given value is a TransformableLayer.

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Creator API

The TypeScript API for building LottieFiles Creator plugins and integrations