Pointer to material node?

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I’m trying to make a pointer to a material node.

color_node: bpy.props.PointerProperty(type=bpy.types.Node)

Does not register properly, how do I make a pointer to a node?

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I believe this is what I was looking for.

"You cannot do this directly. With a PointerProperty you can only refer to a subclass of bpy.types.PropertyGroup or bpy.types.ID.

A Node is none of the above. Best way to solve this is to use a PointerProperty to point to the NodeTree (what is a subclass of bpy.types.ID) and use an additional bpy.props.StringProperty to select the specific node in that tree.

Note: Renaming the node will make the StringProperty Invalid."

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tldr; store node names in strings