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You can generate Excalidraw diagrams from JSON by composing a standard Excalidraw element array and saving it as a .excalidraw file. This approach avoids manual UI work and enables programmatic diagram creation with easy versioning.

Using a JSON element array to define Excalidraw diagrams supports creating architecture diagrams, flowcharts, and sequence diagrams. You define the target diagrams by structuring the elements array and exporting the result as an .excalidraw file.

Yes, you can upload Excalidraw files to generate shareable links using the optional upload script. This script requires the cryptography package to be installed in your environment to successfully process the upload and return the link.

You do not need the cryptography package to create or view Excalidraw diagrams; saving a JSON element array as an .excalidraw file is sufficient. The cryptography package is only required for the optional upload script that generates shareable links.

After exporting the JSON element array as an .excalidraw file, you can open and edit the diagrams directly in excalidraw.com. This allows you to view the generated hand-drawn visualization and make further manual adjustments if needed.

The best way to version control Excalidraw diagrams is to author them programmatically by composing standard Excalidraw element JSON. Saving these JSON arrays as .excalidraw files avoids manual UI work and enables easy versioning of architecture and flowchart diagrams.