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I know how to write the code (*.jsx) that will draw a path in Illustrator. By path I mean a number of path points (anchor point, pair of direction points, ...).

BUT is there a way to ‘get’ the location of .Anchor, .LeftDirection, .RightDirection. from a selected path? So, from drawing to code...

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    Yes, obviously. Have you read the programming reference? Depending on what you need you may not need to do this at all, both EPS, PDF and SVG dumps this to a text file to begin with so if all you need is points out don't bother. Anyway, not having too much time to write an answer, there is a special SVG dumper that I have written that shows you what you need in the post: graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/73629/… Should get you there.
    – joojaa
    Commented Jul 11 at 8:50
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    If you want something human readable, export it as an SVG, then open the SVG in a text editor. The syntax for SVG paths is shown and explained here: css-tricks.com/svg-path-syntax-illustrated-guide
    – Billy Kerr
    Commented Jul 11 at 12:07
  • Excellent. This in combination with SVG Path Visualizer (svg-path-visualizer.netlify.app) does the trick.
    – Paul St George
    Commented Jul 12 at 7:45

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