pymel.core.system.pluginInfo

pluginInfo(*args, **kwargs)

This command provides access to the plugin registry of the application. It is used mainly to query the characteristics of registered plugins. 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
	Specifies that the -pluginsInUse/-pu flag should return the plugins used by the active file only, not the entire scene. For use during export selected.
apiVersion (av)		bool
	returns a string containing the version of the API that this plugin was complied with. See the comments in MTypes.h for the details on how to interpret this value.
autoload (a)		bool
	sets whether or not this plugin 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 plugin 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 plugin. Constraint, control, context and model editor commands are not included.
constraintCommand (cnc)		unicode
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the constraint commands registered by this plugin.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
controlCommand (ctc)		unicode
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the control commands registered by this plugin.
data (d)		unicode, unicode
	returns a string array containing the names of all of the data types registered by this plugin.
dependNode (dn)		bool
	returns a string array containing the names of all of the custom nodes types registered by this plugin.
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 a integer array containing the ids of all of the custom node types registered by this plugin.
device (dv)		bool
	returns a string array containing the names of all of the devices registered by this plugin.
dragAndDropBehavior (ddb)		bool
	returns a string array containing the names of all of the drag and drop behaviors registered by this plugin.
iksolver (ik)		bool
	returns a string array containing the names of all of the ik solvers registered by this plugin.
listPlugins (ls)		bool
	returns a string array containing all the plugins that are currently loaded.
listPluginsPath (lsp)		bool
loadPluginPrefs (lpp)		bool
	loads the plugin preferences (ie. autoload) from pluginPrefs.mel into Maya.
loaded (l)		bool
	returns a boolean specifying whether or not the plugin is loaded.
modelEditorCommand (mec)		unicode
	Returns a string array containing the names of all of the model editor commands registered by this plugin.
name (n)		unicode
	returns a string containing the internal name by which the plugin is registered.
path (p)		unicode
	returns a string containing the absolute path name to the plugin.
pluginsInUse (pu)		bool
	returns a string array containing all the plugins that are currently being used in the scene.
registered (r)		bool
	returns a boolean specifying whether or not plugin is currently registered with the system.
remove (rm)		bool
	removes the given plugin’s record from the registry. There is no return value.
savePluginPrefs (spp)		bool
	saves the plugin 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 plugin.
translator (tr)		bool
	returns a string array containing the names of all of the file translators registered by this plugin.
unloadOk (uo)		bool
	returns a boolean that specifies whether or not the plugin can be safely unloaded. It will return false if the plugin is currently in use. For example, if the plugin 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 plugin has been assigned a name by the user.
vendor (vd)		unicode
	returns a string containing the vendor of the plugin.
version (v)		bool
	returns a string containing the version the plugin.

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" )