Copy-Updater

A Sketch plugin that updates copy based on selected JSON

Installation

• Download the latest release of the plugin
• Un-zip
• Double-click on copy-updater.sketchplugin

How to use

• 1. Link & Pull
• 2. Generate & Push
• 3. Check
• 4. Truncation
• 5. Generate Excel
• 6. Remove Key

1. Link & Pull

Use @ to assign a key. The corresponding value will be retrieved after an update.

For text: use @your_key as content
For symbol and nested symbol: use @your_key as its override value

2. Generate & Push

You can either generate a JSON file from selected elements or push updated texts to a linked JSON.

3. Check

Use Check to scan every editable text area, compares them with the linked JSON file, and list all unsynced strings for you to decide to pull or push.

4. Truncation

Use | to specify character count

• |n: Truncate text into n number of characters
• |n...: Truncate text into n number of characters and add ... at the end
• |...n: Truncate text into n number of characters and add ... in the middle

@your_key|20
@your_key|20...
@your_key|...20

5. Generate Excel

Use Generate Excel to export selected artboards and the corresponding text into an Excel file. Use settings to modify the export range, layout orientations, and the visibility of a copy revision column.

6. Remove key

use -@ to remove a key

The new_value will be used as its text and the old @your_key will be removed.

For text: use -@new_value as content
For symbol and nested symbol: use -@new_value as its override value

Examples:

JSON

{
    "header": "This is a header",
    "intro1": {
        "title": "Intro 1",
        "body": "This is body copy for intro 1"
    },
    "intro2": {
        "title": "Intro 2",
        "body": "This is body copy for intro 2"
    }
}

Sketch File

Textlayer (text): @header
Intro Symbol 1 (override value): @intro1.title, @intro1.body|20...
Intro Symbol 2 (override value): @intro2.title, @intro2.body|...20

On The Screen

This is a header
Intro1
This is body copy fo...
Intro2
This is bo...or intro 2