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ftrack Action - Edit meta data on entity

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Edit meta data on entity

Running the action

Start the listener from the terminal using the following command:

python edit_meta_data_action.py

If you wish to see debugging information, set the verbosity level by appending -v debug to the command.

For more information, see the documentation on using actions.

Using the action

Navigate to a project in the web interface and select a few items in the spreadsheet and select Actions from the context menu. Click on Write notes and add your text and optionally select a note category.

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# :coding: utf-8
# :copyright: Copyright (c) 2015 ftrack
import sys
import argparse
import logging

import ftrack

def get_entity(entityId, entityType):
    '''Return entity based on *entityId* and *entityType*.'''
    entity = None

    if entityType == ftrack.Project._type:
        entity = ftrack.Project(entityId)
    elif entityType == ftrack.Task._type:
        entity = ftrack.Task(entityId)
    elif entityType == 'assetversion':
        entity = ftrack.AssetVersion(entityId)

    if not entity:
        logging.warning(
            u'Entity ({0}, {1}) not a valid type, skipping..'
            .format(entityId, entityType)
        )

    return entity


class EditMetaData(ftrack.Action):
    '''EditMetaData.'''

    #: Action identifier.
    identifier = 'ftrack.edit.meta.data'

    #: Action label.
    label = 'Edit metadata'

    def discover(self, event):
        '''Return if action is valid.'''
        selection = event['data']['selection']

        # If selection contains more than one item return early since
        # metadata cannot be edited for several entites at the same time.
        self.logger.info('Got selection: {0}'.format(selection))
        if (len(selection) != 1):
            return

        if not get_entity(
            selection[0]['entityId'], selection[0]['entityType']
        ):
            return

        return {
            'items': [{
                'label': self.label,
                'actionIdentifier': self.identifier
            }]
        }

    def launch(self, event):
        '''Launch edit meta data action.'''
        selection = event['data']['selection']

        try:
            input_values = event['data']['values']
        except KeyError:
            input_values = None

        entity = get_entity(
            selection[0]['entityId'], selection[0]['entityType']
        )
        
        if input_values:
            for key in input_values.keys():
                entity.setMeta(key, input_values[key])

        metaKeys = entity.metaKeys()

        items = []

        for metaKey in metaKeys:
            items.append({
                'label': metaKey,
                'type': 'textarea',
                'name': metaKey,
                'value': entity.getMeta(metaKey)
            })

        if not items:
            items.append({
                'type': 'label',
                'value': '*No metadata found on entity.*'
            })

        return {
            'items': items
        }


def main(arguments=None):
    '''Set up logging and register action.'''
    if arguments is None:
        arguments = []

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    # Allow setting of logging level from arguments.
    loggingLevels = {}
    for level in (
        logging.NOTSET, logging.DEBUG, logging.INFO, logging.WARNING,
        logging.ERROR, logging.CRITICAL
    ):
        loggingLevels[logging.getLevelName(level).lower()] = level

    parser.add_argument(
        '-v', '--verbosity',
        help='Set the logging output verbosity.',
        choices=loggingLevels.keys(),
        default='info'
    )
    namespace = parser.parse_args(arguments)

    # Set up basic logging
    logging.basicConfig(level=loggingLevels[namespace.verbosity])

    # Subscribe to action.
    ftrack.setup()
    action = EditMetaData()
    action.register()

    # Wait for events
    ftrack.EVENT_HUB.wait()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    raise SystemExit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
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