Project Hierarchy, Entity Types, Subsequent Retrieval

[it.fin]

Hey,

So I've been playing around with the events part of the api and noticed that the entities that are propagated mostly return the "entityType" "task", even if the event (eg: rename) is performed on a Shot, Folder, Task etc...  The issue I'm having with this is I need to get the entity object so I can change it based on the event, but the subsequent "session.get" method takes the specific "Task", "Shot" or the like, not the "entityType", "task". Is there a way to get the entity based purely on it's ID, and not it's type?

Essentially I'm working out how to prevent renames on anything in the project hierarchy (doesn't matter what Type it is) that has an asset linked to it, but I'm not wanting to hard code the types if possible.

Thanks,
Mark

 

[Eric Hermelin]

Hi Mark,

you can use TypedContext to retrieve the correct entity 

import ftrack_api

session = ftrack_api.Session()

print session.get(
    'TypedContext', '04036796-635b-11e5-9931-42010af0e994)'
)
#"<Task(04036796-635b-11e5-9931-42010af0e994)>

print session.get(
    'TypedContext', '0a202d04-f7b6-4729-ba8b-f38cde2765d7)'
)
#<Shot(0a202d04-f7b6-4729-ba8b-f38cde2765d7)>

 

cheers

Eric

[it.fin]

Awesome. Thanks Eric.