# Adobe Photoshop ExtendScript Scripting API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/extendscript-scripting/  
**Provider:** Adobe Photoshop — https://apis.io/providers/adobe-photoshop/  
**Base URL:** https://api.example.com  
**Documentation:** https://extendscript.docsforadobe.dev/

Adobe Photoshop ExtendScript Scripting API is one of 16 APIs that [Adobe Photoshop](https://apis.io/providers/adobe-photoshop/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Automation, ExtendScript, JSX, Legacy, and Scripting. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

The legacy scripting system based on ExtendScript, Adobe's implementation of ECMAScript 3. ExtendScript scripts use the .jsx file extension and can automate nearly all Photoshop operations through a comprehensive Application, Document, and Layer object model. Scripts can also be written in AppleScript on macOS or VBScript on Windows.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://extendscript.docsforadobe.dev/
- **Documentation** — https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/guides/uxp_for_you/uxp_for_extendscript_devs/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/adobe-uxp/ps-es-to-uxp

## Other Adobe Photoshop APIs (12)

- [Adobe Firefly Services SDK for JavaScript](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/firefly-services-sdk/)
- [Adobe Photoshop UXP Plugin API](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/uxp-plugin-api/)
- [Adobe Photoshop UXP Scripting](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/uxp-scripting/)
- [Adobe Photoshop UXP Hybrid Plugins](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/uxp-hybrid-plugins/)
- [Adobe Photoshop C++ Plugin SDK](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/cpp-plugin-sdk/)
- [Adobe Photoshop Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/adobe-photoshop-actions-api/)
- [Adobe Photoshop Background Removal API](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/adobe-photoshop-background-removal-api/)
- [Adobe Photoshop Crop and Effects API](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/adobe-photoshop-crop-and-effects-api/)
- [Adobe Photoshop Document Operations API](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/adobe-photoshop-document-operations-api/)
- [Adobe Photoshop Generative API](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/adobe-photoshop-generative-api/)
- [Adobe Photoshop Health API](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/adobe-photoshop-health-api/)
- [Adobe Photoshop Renditions API](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/adobe-photoshop-renditions-api/)

## Tags

Automation, ExtendScript, JSX, Legacy, Scripting

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