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Is it possible to return only shapes of a given type? Will the CONNECTED formula work with some sort of filter?

Through the API it is possible to export a page to a png or jpeg image.Is it also possible to export a page to PDF through the API? Or can I generate a PDF of a document or page by opening a specific URL? 

Hi,I was going through Lucid Document Api’s and wasn't able to find a way to manipulate the document contents (shapes, lines...).I have the below requirement,     1. Copy a Lucid document(lucidchart) from a source folder to a destination folder. (Able to achieve it)     2. Later sync any changes made in the source document to the destination document (like new shapes, edits, etc.) (Not Able to Achieve), also I need to do upstream sync i.e., sync changes from destination doc to source doc.Please let me know if there is any way that I can achieve this.

Hi everyone,I'm developing a custom card extension and I want to implement dependency linking between cards, much like the functionality seen in the native Jira integration.I've noticed properties in the LucidCardIntegration parent class, specifically importDependencies and showDependencyMapping, which strongly suggest this is possible for custom extensions. However, I'm unable to find any documentation or examples that explain how to properly implement this feature. I've already checked the lucid-samples GitHub repository but couldn't find a relevant example.I would be grateful if someone could provide some clarity on the following points:My Specific Questions: How are dependencies defined in the data source? When importing card data, how do I structure the data to tell Lucid that one card depends on another? Do I need a specific column or property that contai

When we create a Jira ticket, depending on the jira issue type, we have different default templates. When creating Jira ticket from Lucid this template is not being set.Is this a configuration issue that is preventing the ussage of templates?

Hello Lucid Developers,I am extending my custom CardIntegration with the ability for users to select assignees.What I've Achieved So Far:I can successfully display the current assignee's full name in a User Badge on the card.My Challenge:I need to make this User Badge interactive so that a user can click on it and select a different assignee from the available Lucid users. Currently, the field is read-only.My Research and Proposed Solution:From my search in the documentation, it seems I need to define the userSearchCallback property for the User Badge. I encountered a roadblock where this property expects a string identifier, not a direct function reference.My current working hypothesis is to: Implement a callback function that handles the user search logic. Register this function using

Hello,In my extension I use hookSelection() method for deleting unwanted lines between Custom Shapes. And it works good when I create a new line. But I faced a problem when I change endpoints of the existing line.Lets say there is a line between shape A and shape B. Shape A can only be connected with shape B, and it can be only as upstream connection for the line, otherwise it should be deleted(removed from the page). When I move line endpoint from the shape B to some other shapes, the line is not removed. But when I unfocus the line and focus it again, it gets deleted.Is there any ideas or tips on how to make an existing line be removed from a page specifically when its endpoints change?Thanks in advance!

Hello, community,Is there a way to preserve a Group ID when cutting and pasting?I use custom IDs for my Groups, but whenever I move a Group to another page using cut and paste, it generates a new ID.I’d like to know if there's a way to lock the ID to prevent this or a way to move a group to an other page preserving the same ID.Thanks in advance for your help!Nicolas 

Hi Lucid Developer Community 👋,I'm in the process of building a custom data connector and need some guidance on the best way to deploy the backend service. My team primarily uses Google Cloud Platform, and I'm planning to use either GCP Cloud Functions or Cloud Run to host the connector.I've reviewed the developer documentation but am looking for more specific examples and best practices related to deployment, especially for a serverless architecture.Could you help me with the following questions? What are the recommended deployment patterns and infrastructure requirements for a custom data connector's backend? Are there any specific advantages, limitations, or things to watch out for when using serverless platforms like GCP Cloud Functions or Cloud Run for this purpose (e.g., cold starts, timeouts, authentication)? Does anyone have documentation, tutorials, or code examples of

Hi, I’m trying to programmatically make some diagrams using the APIs. I’ve seen the GitHub, the API docs, and the other post. How does one define connections in the json? And is it hard-coded or is there a way for a connection to automatically make itself between two boxes? Like I have some rectangles with IDs (“AppA”), is there a way to make a connecting arrow between two different IDs, like I’ve tried to do with the items in the connections list (with startShapeId and endShapeId, it didn’t work). Or is it some hardcod

Hello, i’m trying to determine the best path forward on managing users. We have a backend that manages the provisioning and deprovisioning of licenses across our applications. I’d like to extend the same capability with Lucid but i’m having a hard time getting started.  For this capability it seems like either an api key or oauth 2.0 should work, but I’m not able to get either of them working with the right scopes. Ideally we could use an api key to do this.  Has anyone done this before and have an example to get going?

I am trying to create a library of shapes with pre mapped data links.  What I would like to be able to do is to create a template and accompanying google sheet, that I can create multiple versions of and use this as a way to repeatably used the same shapes, in different diagrams, with each chart having its own unique set of data, without having to manually link each shape each time I produce a new chart. I have tried everything I can think of, I have created a library of shapes, data linked but unless you are using copies of the same chart with the shapes already on the page pulling them from the library and then uploading the data DOES NOT work. Even though the shapes in the library maintain the data fields, and identifiers and the data source uploaded has the exact same data and identifiers. I would really appreciate any help on this issue, I have been hitting my head against this for a little while now. Is this just not possible? I feel it must

I have tried the https://github.com/lucidsoftware/sample-lucid-extensions/blob/main/data-connector-exampleAnd it works quite well locally with the commands “npx lucid-package test-editor-extension data-connector-example” and “npm start”.for the connector.But when this extension is published in Applications on my portal it does not work i’m getting a 401 response.Any explanation ?Best regards.

I can see that Lucidchart now supports Json imports, but can it do exports?  What I I want to do is create a diagram template that I can finish using script. Is it possible to do an export of an existing diagram into json?  Like can I export this into json? I want to do it this way because if I don’t I’ll have to reverse engineer diagrams like this into JSON which would be a huge pain.  

My team recently got access to the lucid api and we were trying out generating AWS architecture diagrams programmatically using the API but wasn’t successful. I’d like to know if this is something others have tried/been able to do?   

I am currently trying out demo.lucid with the standard import feature.Is it possible to change the direction of the arrows in the images that appeared? I was able to remove the arrows by modifying document.json, but can I freely change the direction of the arrows? I apologize for the inconvenience, but could you please let me know?Example：Defeat the Elves →Dominate Life、Attack Minas Tirith→Dominate Life 

HI All, I’m looking at taking advantage of the Json Import features that was added last year to create some diagrams programatically. I’ve gotten to the point I should be able to import, but I’m getting 403 errors. Could someone help me figure this out?  curl 'https://api.lucid.co/documents'\ --request 'POST'\ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>'\ --header 'Lucid-Api-Version: 1'\ --form 'file=@./network.lucid;type=x-application/vnd.lucid.standardImport'\ --form 'title=New Document'\ --form 'product=lucidchart'\ --form 'parent=1234'{"code":"accessForbidden","message":"Access to this resource is forbidden","requestId":"2cee5d6383fdcfac"}%   I’m trying to import the example from here… 

Hi all, I’m trying to explore the different ways we can programmatically create diagrams using the APIs. I’ve seen the standard import API, but it requires you to have a JSON. If we want to simply import a csv flowchart, how can we do that? Like this example here. I see that we can link data to different shapes within the JSON, but I’m not sure how to straight up just use the csv to make the flowchart. I’ve seen there’s an extension sdk, but I’d rather not go through such a huge hassle to make the complex extension myself if Lucid is already able to understand the csv as a flowchart with manual importing. If there is a clean way to import the csv example that I linked using an API, please let me know what the JSON of that would look like. Thanks!

I would like to create a color-coded organizational chart using the standard import feature of the API, but the generated organizational chart does not have any colors. Could you please tell me the reason? The content of the JSON is as follows: {  "version": 1,  "product": "lucidchart",  "pages": [    {      "id": "page1",      "title": "Org Chart Example",      "dataBackedShapes": [        {          "id": "orgChart1",          "type": "orgChart",          "position": {            "x": 150,            "y": 150          },          "collectionId": "org-chart-data",          "idField": "EmployeeID",          "foreignKeyField": "SupervisorID",          "nameField": "FullName",          "roleField": "Role",          "extraFields": [            "Department",            "Topping"          ],          "fill": {            "type

I know I can use the ERD Import and this does work for the basics.  But I am looking to build out a more logical ERD where I can import, Tables, Views, Stored Procedures and potentially show other objects.  Then in the view they can be represented similar to the ERD diagram, but a relationship from Stored Procedure and (Table or View) is more logical than it is something specific like a foreign key.So my question is can we build our own shapes with our own import format and build a different version of the ERD or is import entirely controlled by Lucid and no way for us to do customized imports?

I’m looking for a way to export a list of all shapes that have the “Link To” option set as well as the list of URLs they are referencing via the api.  I’m using a Mac and when I highlight a shape and press “command K” I get a Like To, I set the Urls, but when I export the document via the API, there is no reference to the URL or which shapes have embedded urls.

Is it possible to import a json file via the api with the mind map data in it?  When I push this via the api using the import feature and the file zipped up and in .lucid ext the drawing gets created but no data in it.here is the json { "version": 1, "data":{ "collections": [ { "id": "yq1GdOUoQ2Sy_b", "name": "Mind Map Default State", "primaryKey": [ "Id" ] } ] }, "pages": [ { "id": "0_0", "title": "Page 1", "index": 0, "items": { "shapes": [ { "id": "ohlKcKGdHc/pL1XU+jmYu5zRg3U=", "class": "IntelligentMindMapRootNodeBlock", "textAreas": [ { "label": "t_Text", "text": "Root" },

Hi I am fetching the lucid contents information using REST API https://api.lucid.co/documents/e8fa915b-210e-493e-876e-b851c4a3b42e/contents Response gives data collections array with collection “id” as string. I am trying to fetch the collection data items using Lucid Data REST API. Here the request requires collection id as number. Can someone help, how I can identify the collection id (number) used in DATA API, using the collectionId get from documentContents RESTAPI. Thanks.

 When I ran the sample code below, a blank page was generated.The sample data named org-chart-data.csv has already been stored in the data link.Is it possible to create an organizational chart document from the organizational chart data via the API?I apologize for the inconvenience, but I would greatly appreciate it if you could check this.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------sample-lucid-rest-applications/standard-import/demo-files/org-chart/unzipped-contents at main · lucidsoftware/sample-lucid-rest-applications · GitHub{  "version": 1,  "product": "lucidchart",  "pages": [    {      "id": "page

I’m able to retrieve a list of individual users assigned to a folder or document using endpoints below, but it doesn’t return the assigned groups. There doesn’t seem to be an endpoint even in SCIM API to get Folder and Group association. Please let me know how this can be done if possible./folders/<folder id>/shares/users/documents/<document id>/shares/users