Creating Custom Actions

[Duncan]

Hi all,

 I'm just starting with creating custom actions but I am having trouble getting any of them to show up. For example, just to test, I have tried adding this code, which I found on a thread here, to my  \ftrack-connect-plugins\hook\   folder- 

import ftrack_api


class TestAction(object):

    identifier = "test_action"
    label = "Test Action"

    def __init__(self, session):
        super(TestAction, self).__init__()
        self.session = session


    def register(self):
        self.session.event_hub.subscribe('topic=ftrack.action.discover and source.user.username={0}'.format(self.session.api_user), self.discover)
        self.session.event_hub.subscribe('topic=ftrack.action.launch and source.user.username={0} and data.actionIdentifier={1}'.format(self.session.api_user, self.identifier), self.launch)

    def discover(self, event):
        items = [{'label': self.label,
                  'actionIdentifier': self.identifier}]
        return {'items': items}


    def launch(self, event):
        print "Launching the App"
		return {
                'success': True,
                'message': 'Action launched successfully.'
            }


def register(session, **kw):
    if not isinstance(session, ftrack_api.Session):
        return
    action = TestAction(session)
    action.register()

 

However, no new actions are showing in ftrack connect or when opened from the web interface.  

I have installed the api and am able to access ftrack using python in the command line.

Is there something I'm missing to make the action work?

[Duncan]

OK I've just found the houdini tutorial here - http://ftrack-connect.rtd.ftrack.com/en/stable/developing/tutorial/custom_applications.html

and that seems to be working, so I will work on adapting that...

[JPrydz]

Hi Duncan,

Ok, sounds like you're able to proceed with your actions.
Let us know if you have any further questions.

/Johan