Better way for checking a nodes type in python
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what is the best way to check a nodes type,
I have always done somthing like this :
node = hou.node('/obj/geo1')
if node.type().name() == "geo":
print("other code goes here")
but I have always felt that comparing to a hard coded string to be a bit strange,
I suppose what I am looking for is something more along the lines of pythons builtin isinstace or somthing like;
if node.type() == hou.NodeTypes.Geo
I am probably missing somthing...
Thanks in advance
Edited by Roger Wellard - March 4, 2021 09:51:32
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- graham
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Technically the best way is to explicitly test against actual node types constructed with the operator table and name:
node = hou.node('/obj/geo1')
expected_type = hou.nodeType(hou.objNodeTypeCategory(), "geo")
if node.type() == expected_type:
...
You could also get the type from the node type category object:
category = hou.objNodeTypeCategory()
node_type = category.nodeTypes()["geo"]
node_type = category.nodeType("geo")
Graham Thompson, Technical Artist @ Rockstar Games
This is exactly what I was looking for!
Thank you
