Issues switching modes with Blender's Python BPY command

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Hi, I need to make a change to many blender files so I wrote a script using the bpy library to simplify the process. However, the command that changes the mode to edit mode does not work and I have to manually make the switch. This same command works on other simpler empty blender files so I was thinking maybe there’s something off with my blender file itself?? I’ll attach it to this post.
Here is the beginning bit of the script (up until the part where I manually have to change the mode):

bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode=‘OBJECT’)
bpy.ops.object.empty_add(type=‘SPHERE’)
TARGET = bpy.context.active_object
TARGET.name = ‘TARGET’
TARGET.location = (0, 0.8, 1.3)
TARGET.scale = (0.2, 0.2, 0.2)
for obj in bpy.data.objects:
obj.select = False

armature = bpy.data.objects[31]
context = bpy.context
scene = context.scene
scene.objects.active = armature
bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode=‘EDIT’)

Would really appreciate some help with this issue that I’m having!!

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blender version?

Use this to check whether you are in edit (this works on the currently active, but can be used on any object from data)

bpy.context.object.mode == "EDIT":

if in not in edit you can try this

bpy.ops.object.editmode_toggle()

btw make sure you typed it properly, you might have typo there

bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode='EDIT')

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Thanks for your reply.
Yeah that was the first thing I tried… it even gives me the message {‘Finished’} on the Python Console but stays in Object mode.
If I create a new/blank Blender file, these commands work just fine and switch to Edit mode, but doesn’t on all my armature files.
On my armature blender files, I can switch from Object to Pose mode and vise versa with the basic commands but if I try to switch to Edit mode from either one, it gives the Finished message and goes into Object mode instead.
I believe its some kind of bug within my blender file (that’s why I included it on the post) because I already tried all the commands that should change the mode.