# Adobe Photoshop UXP Plugin API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/uxp-plugin-api/  
**Provider:** Adobe Photoshop — https://apis.io/providers/adobe-photoshop/  
**Base URL:** https://api.example.com  
**Documentation:** https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/

Adobe Photoshop UXP Plugin API is one of 16 APIs that [Adobe Photoshop](https://apis.io/providers/adobe-photoshop/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Desktop, DOM API, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and Plugin Platform. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, and 1 JSON Schema.

The modern plugin development platform for Photoshop, replacing the legacy CEP framework. UXP (Unified Extensibility Platform) is powered by a V8 JavaScript engine supporting ES6+ and provides Spectrum design components for building panels and dialogs using HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript. Plugins access a rich Photoshop DOM API for interacting with documents, layers, and actions, along with platform APIs for file system access, network I/O, clipboard operations, and more.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/
- **APIReference** — https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/ps_reference/
- **APIReference** — https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/uxp-api/
- **GettingStarted** — https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/guides/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adobe-photoshop/refs/heads/main/json-schema/adobe-photoshop-uxp-plugin-manifest-schema.json

## Other Adobe Photoshop APIs (12)

- [Adobe Firefly Services SDK for JavaScript](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/firefly-services-sdk/)
- [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 ExtendScript Scripting API](https://apis.io/apis/adobe-photoshop/extendscript-scripting/)
- [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

Desktop, DOM API, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Plugin Platform, Spectrum UI

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