pymel.core.system.pluginInfo¶

pluginInfo(*args, **kwargs)¶

This command provides access to the plug-in registry of the application. It is used mainly to query the characteristics of registered plug-ins. Plugins automatically become registered the first time that they are loaded. The argument is either the internal name of the plug-in or the path to access it.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
activeFile / af		bool
	Restricts the command to the active file only, not the entire scene. This only affects the -dependNode/-dn and -pluginsInUse/-pu flags. For use during export selected.
animCurveInterp / aci		unicode
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the animation curve interpolators registered by this plug-in.
apiVersion / av		bool
	Returns a string containing the version of the API that this plug-in was compiled with. See the comments in MTypes.h for the details on how to interpret this value.
autoload / a		bool
	Sets whether or not this plug-in should be loaded every time the application starts up. Returns a boolean in query mode.
cacheFormat / cf		bool
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the registered geometry cache formats
changedCommand / cc		script
	Adds a callback that will get executed every time the plug-in registry changes. Any other previously registered callbacks will also get called.
command / c		unicode
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the normal commands registered by this plug-in. Constraint, control, context and model editor commands are not included.
constraintCommand / cnc		bool
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the constraint commands registered by this plug-in.
controlCommand / ctc		bool
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the control commands registered by this plug-in.
data / d		unicode, unicode
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the data types registered by this plug-in.
dependNode / dn		bool
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the custom nodes types registered by this plug-in.
dependNodeByType / dnt		unicode
	Returns a string array of all registered node types within a specified class of nodes. Each custom node type registered by a plug-in belongs to a more general class of node types as specified by its MPxNode::Type. The flag’s argument is an MPxNode::Type as a string. For example, if you want to list all registered Locator nodes, you should specify kLocatorNode as a argument to this flag.
dependNodeId / dni		unicode
	Returns an integer array containing the ids of all of the custom node types registered by this plug-in.
device / dv		bool
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the devices registered by this plug-in.
dragAndDropBehavior / ddb		bool
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the drag and drop behaviors registered by this plug-in.
iksolver / ik		bool
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the ik solvers registered by this plug-in.
listPlugins / ls		bool
	Returns a string array containing all the plug-ins that are currently loaded.
listPluginsPath / lsp		bool
	Returns a string array containing the full paths of all the plug-ins that are currently loaded.
loadPluginPrefs / lpp		bool
	Loads the plug-in preferences (ie. autoload) from pluginPrefs.mel into Maya.
loaded / l		bool
	Returns a boolean specifying whether or not the plug-in is loaded.
modelEditorCommand / mec		bool
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the model editor commands registered by this plug-in.
name / n		unicode
	Returns a string containing the internal name by which the plug-in is registered.
path / p		unicode
	Returns a string containing the absolute path name to the plug-in.
pluginsInUse / pu		bool
	Returns a string array containing all the plug-ins that are currently being used in the scene.
registered / r		bool
	Returns a boolean specifying whether or not plug-in is currently registered with the system.
remove / rm		bool
	Removes the given plug-in’s record from the registry. There is no return value.
renderer / rdr		bool
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the renderers registered by this plug-in.
savePluginPrefs / spp		bool
	Saves the plug-in preferences (ie. autoload) out to pluginPrefs.mel
serviceDescriptions / sd		bool
	If there are services in use, then this flag will return a string array containing short descriptions saying what those services are.
settings / set		bool
	Returns an array of values with the loaded, autoload, registered flags
tool / t		unicode
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the tool contexts registered by this plug-in.
translator / tr		bool
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the file translators registered by this plug-in.
unloadOk / uo		bool
	Returns a boolean that specifies whether or not the plug-in can be safely unloaded. It will return false if the plug-in is currently in use. For example, if the plug-in adds a new dependency node type, and an instance of that node type is present in the scene, then this query will return false.
userNamed / u		bool
	Returns a boolean specifying whether or not the plug-in has been assigned a name by the user.
vendor / vd		unicode
	Returns a string containing the vendor of the plug-in.
version / v		bool
	Returns a string containing the version the plug-in.
writeRequires / wr		bool
	Sets whether or not this plug-in should write requirescommand into the saved file. requirescommand could autoload the plug-in when you open or import that saved file. This way, Maya will load the plug-in when a file is being loaded for some specified reason, such as to create a customized UI or to load some plug-in data that is not saved in any node or attributes. For example, stereoCamerais using this flag for its customized UI. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.pluginInfo

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# List the plugins that are currently loaded
pm.pluginInfo( query=True, listPlugins=True )
# Result: [u'OpenEXRLoader', u'DirectConnect', u'AbcImport', u'mayaHIK', u'Mayatomr', u'ikSpringSolver', u'tiffFloatReader', u'AbcExport', u'VectorRender', u'ArubaTessellator', u'quatNodes', u'mayaCharacterization', u'gpuCache', u'rotateHelper', u'Substance', u'MayaMuscle', u'OneClick', u'AutodeskPacketFile', u'retargeterNodes', u'fbxmaya', u'matrixNodes', u'stereoCamera', u'sceneAssembly', u'ik2Bsolver'] #

# Find the vendor of a plugin
pm.pluginInfo( 'newNode.py', query=True, vendor=True )

# Find the commands provided by a given plug-in
pm.pluginInfo( 'helloCmd.py', query=True, command=True )

# Turn on autoloading for a plug-in
pm.pluginInfo( 'newNode.py', edit=True, autoload=True )

# Return all custom locators registered by plug-ins.
pm.pluginInfo( query=True, dependNodeByType="kLocatorNode" )