is there a tool to create SVG paths from an SVG file

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does anyone know of a tool that can take an SVG file  and convert it into an HTML 5 SVG path  you know  the d  M 0 0 L 20 134 L 233 24 Z  fill   99dd79  part   I head here  Use Adobe Illustrator to create SVG Path using  quot move to quot  commands  But not sure  Does this mean Illustrator can take any line drwaing and save it as an SVG path   Note  Yes there is inkscape  but I m looking for gradient and masking support  if that s possible  I d like to be able to utilize  ai files and export them using illustrator or Acrobat or something    is there something out there  Or is it built in to Illustrator or Acrobat as an output format

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Surprised no one mentioned Illustrator s Save As   Format dropdown    svg option   Outputs an  svg file that contains the path  and the rest of the svg definition  within an  svg  xml  file   The path itself is within  lt path d gt

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Open the SVG with you text editor  If you have some luck the file will contain something like     lt path d  M52 52 26 064c-1 612 0-3 149 0 336-4 544 0 939L43 179 15 89c-0 122-0 283-0 337-0 484-0 58-0 637  c-0 212-0 147-0 459-0 252-0 738-0 252h-8 897c-0 743 0-1 347 0 603-1 347 1 347c0 0 742 0 604 1 345 1 347 1 345h6 823  c0 331 0 018 1 022 0 139 1 319 0 825l0 54 1 247l0 0L41 747 20c0 099 0 291 0 139 0 749-0 604 0 749H22 428  c-0 857 0-1 262-0 451-1 434-0 732l-0 11-0 221v-0 003l-0 552-1 092c0 0 0 0 0-0 001l-0 006-0 011l-0 101-0 2l-0 012-0 002  l-0 225-0 405c-0 049-0 128-0 031-0 337 0 65-0 337h2 601c0 0 1 528 0 127 1 57-1 274c0 021-0 722-0 487-1 464-1 166-1 464  c-0 68 0-9 149 0-9 149 0s-1 464-0 17-1 549 1 369c0 0 688 0 571 1 369 1 379 1 369c0 295 0 0 7-0 003 1 091-0 007  c0 512 0 014 1 389 0 121 1 677 0 679l0 0l0 117 0 219c0 287 0 564 0 751 1 473 1 313 2 574c0 04 0 078 0 083 0 166 0 126 0 246  c0 107 0 285 0 188 0 807-0 208 1 483l-2 403 4 082c-1 397-0 606-2 937-0 947-4 559-0 947c-6 329 0-11 463 5 131-11 463 11 462  S5 15 48 999 11 479 48 999c5 565 0 10 201-3 968 11 243-9 227l5 767 0 478c0 235 0 02 0 453-0 04 0 654-0 127  c0 254-0 043 0 507-0 128 0 713-0 311l13 976-12 276c0 192-0 164 0 874-0 679 1 151-0 039l0 446 1 035  c-2 659 2 099-4 372 5 343-4 372 8 995c0 6 329 5 131 11 461 11 462 11 461c6 329 0 11 464-5 132 11 464-11 461  C63 983 31 196 58 849 26 064 52 52 26 064z M11 479 46 756c-4 893 0-8 861-3 968-8 861-8 861s3 969-8 859 8 861-8 859  c1 073 0 2 098 0 201 3 051 0 551l-4 178 7 098c-0 119 0 202-0 167 0 418-0 183 0 633c-0 003 0 022-0 015 0 036-0 016 0 054  c-0 007 0 091 0 02 0 172 0 03 0 258c0 008 0 054 0 004 0 105 0 018 0 158c0 132 0 559 0 592 1 1 193 1 05l8 782 0 727  C19 397 43 655 15 802 46 756 11 479 46 756z M15 169 36 423c-0 003-0 002-0 003-0 002-0 006-0 002  c-1 326-0 109-0 482-1 621-0 436-1 704l2 224-3 78c1 801 1 418 3 037 3 515 3 32 5 908L15 169 36 423z M25 607 37 285l-2 688-0 223  c-0 144-3 521-1 87-6 626-4 493-8 629l1 085-1 842c0 938-1 593 1 756 0 001 1 756 0 001l0 0c1 772 3 48 3 65 7 169 4 745 9 331  C26 012 35 924 26 746 37 379 25 607 37 285z M43 249 24 273L30 78 35 225c0 0 002 0 0 002 0 0 002  c-1 464 1 285-2 177-0 104-2 188-0 127l-5 297-10 517l0 0c-0 471-0 936 0 41-1 062 0 805-1 073h17 926c0 0 1 232-0 012 1 354 0 267  v0 002C43 458 23 961 43 473 24 077 43 249 24 273z M52 52 46 745c-4 891 0-8 86-3 968-8 86-8 858c0-2 625 1 146-4 976 2 962-6 599  l2 232 5 174c0 421 0 977 0 871 1 061 0 978 1 065h0 023h1 674c0 9 0 0 592-0 913 0 473-1 199l-2 862-6 631  c1 043-0 43 2 184-0 672 3 381-0 672c4 891 0 8 861 3 967 8 861 8 861C61 381 42 777 57 41 46 745 52 52 46 745z  fill   241F20   gt    The d attribute is what you are looking for

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Gimp can be used to convert SVGs with primitives  e g  rects  circles  etc   into a single path which can be used within HTML5    First download Gimp  https   www gimp org downloads  Export your SVG as a  svg file with any tool of choice e g  Illustrator  Don t worry if the SVG output is messy for now  Gimp will clean it up Import the SVG file into Gimp with File -  Open  and the following  or similar  dialog should show up      Check both the Import Paths and Merge imported paths options   Then go to Windows- Dockable Dialogues- Paths Right-click on the single path which says Imported Path and you should see the following dialog       Click Export Path    and save this text file to a location of your choice Locate and open up this file with a text editor of your choice e g Notepad  TextEdit Copy the text within the  lt path d  copy this text here    gt  Since Gimp formats the text with lots of spaces  you may need to re-format it  by removing some of the spaces to paste it into your HTML in a single line

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Open the svg using Inkscape     Inkscape is a svg editor it is a bit like Illustrator but as it is built specifically for svg it handles it way better  It is a free software and it s available   https   inkscape org en       ctrl A  select all  shift ctrl C   Path Object to paths  ctrl s  save  choose as plain svg     done  all rect circle have been converted to path

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In reply to the  has the situation improved   part of the question    Unfortunately  not really  Illustrator s support for SVG has always been a little shaky  and  having mucked around in Illustrator s internals  I doubt we ll see much improvement as far as Illustrator is concerned   If you re looking for DOM-style access to an Illustrator document  you might want to check out Hanpuku  Disclosure  1  I m the author  Disclosure  2  It s research code  meaning there are bugs aplenty  and future support is unlikely    With Hanpuku  you could do something like    Select the path of interest in Illustrator Click the  To D3  button In the script editor  type   selection attr  d    M 0 0 L 20 134 L 233 24 Z    Click run If the change is as expected  click  To Illustrator  to apply the changes to the document   Granted  this approach doesn t expose the original path string  If you follow the instructions toward the end of the plugin s welcome page  it s possible to edit the Illustrator document with Chrome s developer tools  but there will be lots of ugly engineering exposed everywhere  the SVG DOM that mirrors the Illustrator document is buried inside an iframe deep in the extension   changing the DOM with Chrome s tools and clicking  To Illustrator  should still work  but you will likely encounter lots of problems    TL DR  Illustrator uses an internal model that s pretty different from SVG in a lot of ways  meaning that when you iterate between the two  currently  your only choice is to use the subset of features that both support in the same way

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