[ftr1200]

Nice! Yea it should be easy to use the internal layerManager.import and .encodeAll

This might break state for the online version, but I can do some tweaks and get it merged if you open the PR.

to be clear, the short url feature is useful in that other people can easily edit / update diagrams they see referenced in code comments. If privacy is a concern and you're not distributing the diagram, then indeed exporting JSON is a good way to go.

[ssriram]

Having an AI engine understand ascii diagrams and output the JSON would be ideal. Till then here is the PR (1) for a simple import and export.

(1) https://github.com/casparwylie/cascii-core/pull/5