getting Infos about Objects through Library

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Hello!

My goal is to get the names and types of every object in a extern file. I made two attempts:

First:


scn = bpy.data.scenes.active
lib = bpy.libraries.load(filename)
kandidaten = [ob for ob in lib.objects]
for i in range(0,len(kandidaten)):
    pseudoOb = lib.objects.append(kandidaten[i])
    ob = scn.objects.link(pseudoOb)
    if ob.type != 'Lamp' and ob.type != 'Camera':
        potentielle.append(ob.name)
    scn.objects.unlink(ob)

With this, I get the type and name correctly, but unlinking the objects is not enough. For example if there is a “Cube” in the file and I run this script, the object “Cube” still exists. If I add another Cube, its name is “Cube.001”. Additionaly I don’t want to load the whole object only for knowing the name and the type.

Second:


lib = bpy.libraries.load(filename)
potentielle = [ob for ob in lib.objects]

Well, this script is nice, if I only want to know the names. But after the script, I have no way to get the type, beacuse only the names were saved.

Please tell me a better way :slight_smile:

Thanks
Touny