Is it possible to access the property of an operator (such as the filepath to the append operator) by python ?
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2$\begingroup$ Can you elaborate? $\endgroup$ – batFINGER Aug 6 '16 at 16:36
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$\begingroup$ related: blender.stackexchange.com/questions/29134/… $\endgroup$ – zeffii Aug 6 '16 at 21:37
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1$\begingroup$ Possible duplicate of Return values of operators $\endgroup$ – p2or Aug 7 '16 at 12:03
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$\begingroup$ poor this is not a duplicate of that Question, it's not about the return values but about the values that can be passed to the operator. $\endgroup$ – zeffii Aug 20 '16 at 11:34
Passing properties to an operator, here's a small example (see the test call towards the end). This snippet is an elaboration on TextEditor > Templates > Python > Operator Simple
import bpy
class SomeOperator(bpy.types.Operator):
"""Tooltip"""
bl_idname = "object.some_operator"
bl_label = "Simple Object Operator"
property_one = bpy.props.StringProperty(default='state one')
property_two = bpy.props.StringProperty(default='state two')
@classmethod
def poll(cls, context):
return True
def execute(self, context):
print(self.property_one)
print(self.property_two)
return {'FINISHED'}
def register():
bpy.utils.register_class(SomeOperator)
def unregister():
bpy.utils.unregister_class(SomeOperator)
if __name__ == "__main__":
register()
# test call
bpy.ops.object.some_operator(property_one='woop_one', property_two='woop_two')
if you want to call such an operator from a layout element..
# if you want to pass a single property
row.operator('object.some_operator').property_one = 'some_new_value'
# if you want to pass multiple properties
some_op = row.operator('object.some_operator')
some_op.property_one = 'some new value one'
some_op.property_two = 'some new value two'
Autocomplete
If you don't know the name of the properties, then you can use the Python console's autocomplete.
In this example hit ctrl+space after the parenthesis (
, here you see lines
is the only property you can set.
Documentation
Another resource is the current api docs use the search feature, type in for example bpy.ops.text.scroll
and it will show the signature.
In the case of WM_OT_append
you should be looking for bpy.ops.wm.append
.
Tooltips
Use the tooltip that appears by default upon hovering of menu items / buttons:
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$\begingroup$ Thank you for your reply but i'd like doing the same operation but with operators which i don't know name of the properties as the WM_OT_append operator. $\endgroup$ – pistiwique Aug 6 '16 at 20:17
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$\begingroup$ @pistiwique how did you find the name of
WM_OT_append
? $\endgroup$ – zeffii Aug 20 '16 at 11:36 -
$\begingroup$ By using the console's autocomplete typing bpy.types. $\endgroup$ – pistiwique Aug 20 '16 at 12:48
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$\begingroup$ OK, then might I suggest using the tooltips that appear when hovering over menu items, that way you'll see the
bpy.ops.*
, when you autocomplete those , you will see the parameters as described above $\endgroup$ – zeffii Aug 20 '16 at 13:31