Hello all, 

I am looking for advice on how to start programming an extension that will do the following:

1. Open specific .DXF in inkscape. (shell command?)
2. Select all on specific layer
3. Join into one object (path)
4. Set stroke thickness to specific width (1.2mm)
5. Set cap/corner to round
6. make path from stroke.
7. export out as new dxf.

So essentially, open file, select all, run a sequence of commands, and then resave. 

Is doing with Python as an extension possible, or is there something else i should be looking at.