# Get instance

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| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| id          | com.naviga.writer:getWriterInstance                                 |
| description | An action returns the instance of Writer plugin with Writer methods |

The instance object contains all the actions that's specified since before with the intention to get a single access point rather than retrieving multiple actions.

```javascript
{
    article: {
        create: () => void { /* creates a new article */ },
        open: (uuid) => void { /* open article with passed uuid */ },
        copy: (uuid) => void { /* opens a modal to make a copy of chosen article */ },
        preview: (uuid) => void { /* opens a preview of chosen article */ }
    },
    config: {
        get: () => Promise { /* get current writer configuration */ },
        core: () => Object { /* get current writer core configuration */ },
        additional: () => Object { /* get current writer configuration */ }
    },
    loadableComponents: {
        config: (name) => Object { /* get the configuration for that loadable component */},
        config: () => Array { /* get all loadable components config */}
    }
}
```

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Preview** also has a second optional parameter. This is a function supposed to handle custom images in the case where current configured ICP does not match the one where the images of the preview are supposed to be fetched from.
{% endhint %}

```javascript
import { Plugin, Utility } from '@root'

const MyComponent = async (props) => {
    const instance = Utility.useLazyRef(() => {
        return Plugin.getAction('my-bound-action-id')
    })
    
    const articleUuid = '07a99d1a-3387-4cd6-bc64-c07f0062bb78'
    
    // create
    instance.current().article.create()
    
    // open
    instance.current().article.open(artilceUuid)
    
    // copy
    instance.current().article.copy(articleUuid)
    
    // preview
    instance.current().article.preview(articleUuid)
    
    // preview with optional image generator
    instance.current().article.preview(articleUuid, data => {
         const {
            uuid,
            uri
        } = data
        
        return {
            url: functionToGenerateImageUrl(uuid, uri)
        }
    })
    
    // get writer config
    const config = await instance.current().config.get()

    // get all loadable component config
    const loadableComponentConfigs = instance.curent().loadableComponents.config()
    
    // get Article size loadable component config
    const articleSizeLoadableComponentConfig = instance.curent().loadableComponents.config('ArticleSize)
}
```


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