How to call sessionFromVersionIDs from python ? rvpush -tag foo py-exec 'sessionFromVersionIDs(11111)' I tried looking rv.commands but couldnt find it, I need it for keeping the session when rv is opened from shotgun. like this I can pass version id which will keep the integration.

sessionFromVersionIDs is a Mu extension (Part of the shotgun_integration package), and not part of the core application so it isn’t automatically bound to Python. Using the py-exec is discouraged at this point, and has some limitations placed on it. The more preferable way is to author a package t…

[image] Michael.Kessler: Using the py-exec is discouraged at this point, by the way , going by help py-exec and py-eval have same explanation, is there any difference ? I ran multiple tests infact py-exec does work but not py-eval. since my intentions are to launch existing rv instance keep…

[image] supercool: which worked if rvpush instance is already open, but if the first intance opened by above I get this error: Strange, I’m doing the same thing and it is working, however to reiterate, using py-exec and py-eval are no longer recommended. Have you tried the package approach y…

[image] Michael.Kessler: Strange, I’m doing the same thing and it is working So you have server URL already set , not sure if that makes any difference ? I tried with setting the URL first. But I got this error. Could not find Mu symbol 'shotgun.theMode().setServerURLValue' didn’t spent m…

Do make sure that shotgun_integration is enabled in your package manager. That’s often the cause if symbols of known items can’t be found. Does this also happen when you run it from a -sendEvent? One of the benefits of sendEvent is execution order.

[image] Michael.Kessler: Do make sure that shotgun_integration is enabled in your package manager. That’s often the cause if symbols of known items can’t be found. yes its enabled I double checked today, still I get the error. but I think by the time MuSymbal command executes shotgun_intgrati…

Indeed, let me know how using a package with -sendEvent works, as all packages should be finished loading by the time this runs.

[image] Michael.Kessler: let me know how using a package with -sendEvent works, rv -sendEvent shotgun-load-versions '[11111,]' It is just launching rv, then nothing happens ! I tried shotgun-load-versions searching for if this really correct

do you prepend external- on your plugin’s handling? When -sendEvent runs, it prepends external- to the event that you pass.

no I didn’t. I pasted what I ran as is in my last reply.

How to call sessionFromVersionIDs from python?

Michael.Kessler May 5, 2020, 4:18pm 13

This package is a minimal example of how to use sendEvent:

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