# Add a resource (icons svg lib) for the new API

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-a-resource-icons-svg-lib-for-the-new-api/110976>\
**Category:** Module Development\
**Tags:** ignition83, perspective\
**Created:** [September 25, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-a-resource-icons-svg-lib-for-the-new-api/110976 "2025-09-25T16:54:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-a-resource-icons-svg-lib-for-the-new-api/110976/8 "2025-09-25T20:00:13Z")

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> [@Custom Icon Library in 8.3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-icon-library-in-8-3/109259/2):
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> Okay, here's the current steps. Navigate to your install directory, and in the /data/config/resources/core/ folder, create a new folder com.inductiveautomation.perspective/ (if it doesn't already exist). Within that folder create an icons/ folder. Within that folder create a \<repository name\>/ folder. Within that folder, create: The spritesheet of your SVG, at whatever arbitrary filename you want, e.g. icons.svg. A config.json file that contains a single entry, svgFileName, that co…

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