#!/usr/bin/env python """blender_bridge.py -- terminal client for the TinqsBlenderBridge server. Talks newline-delimited JSON over a localhost TCP socket to the TinqsBlenderBridge server running inside an open Blender session (tools/blender_bridge/tinqs_blender_bridge.py -- started via Text Editor > Run Script, or auto-started from scripts/startup/ after running tools/install_blender_bridge.ps1). Unlike the MD bridge, Blender's UI stays fully interactive while the bridge serves. Same wire protocol and `result` convention as tools/iclone_bridge.py (18800) and tools/md_bridge.py (18900), but on port 19000 so all three can run at once. Usage: python tools/blender_bridge.py --ping python tools/blender_bridge.py --exec "result = [o.name for o in bpy.data.objects]" python tools/blender_bridge.py --file some_script.py python tools/blender_bridge.py --stop python tools/blender_bridge.py --port 19001 --timeout 120 --exec "..." The exec namespace is persistent per Blender session and pre-seeded with bpy, view3d_override() (a temp_override kwargs helper for viewport operators), and a BRIDGE info dict. """ import argparse import json import socket import sys import time DEFAULT_PORT = 19000 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30.0 # Sent by --ping: bridge metadata seeded by the server at startup. PING_CODE = "BRIDGE['blend_file'] = bpy.data.filepath or ''\nresult = BRIDGE\n" def _send(sock, obj): sock.sendall((json.dumps(obj) + "\n").encode("utf-8")) def _recv_line(sock, timeout): sock.settimeout(timeout) buf = b"" while not buf.endswith(b"\n"): chunk = sock.recv(4096) if not chunk: if buf: break raise ConnectionError( "connection closed by the Blender bridge before a response was received") buf += chunk return buf.decode("utf-8") def run(code, port=DEFAULT_PORT, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT): """Send `code` to be exec()'d inside the open Blender session. Returns the parsed response dict. Raises OSError on transport failure; the dict's "ok" key reports exec-level success/failure. """ req = {"id": int(time.time() * 1000), "code": code} with socket.create_connection(("127.0.0.1", port), timeout=timeout) as sock: _send(sock, req) line = _recv_line(sock, timeout) return json.loads(line) def ping(port=DEFAULT_PORT, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT): """Convenience wrapper: run(PING_CODE, ...).""" return run(PING_CODE, port=port, timeout=timeout) def _read_code(args): if args.exec is not None: return args.exec with open(args.file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f: return f.read() def _main(argv=None): p = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Client for the TinqsBlenderBridge socket server inside Blender.") p.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=DEFAULT_PORT, help="bridge TCP port (default: %(default)s; must match " "TINQS_BLENDER_BRIDGE_PORT inside Blender if overridden there)") p.add_argument("--timeout", type=float, default=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, help="socket timeout in seconds (default: %(default)s; raise " "for long bakes/exports)") group = p.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True) group.add_argument("--ping", action="store_true", help="check the bridge is alive; reports blender version, " "open .blend, embedded python") group.add_argument("--stop", action="store_true", help="stop the bridge server inside Blender") group.add_argument("--exec", metavar="CODE", help="python source to exec() inside the open Blender") group.add_argument("--file", metavar="PATH", help="path to a python file to exec() inside the open Blender") args = p.parse_args(argv) try: if args.ping: resp = ping(port=args.port, timeout=args.timeout) elif args.stop: resp = run("__STOP__", port=args.port, timeout=args.timeout) else: resp = run(_read_code(args), port=args.port, timeout=args.timeout) except ConnectionRefusedError: print( "error: connection refused on 127.0.0.1:{} -- is Blender running? " "was the bridge started (Run Script or scripts/startup install)?".format(args.port), file=sys.stderr, ) return 1 except OSError as exc: print("error: could not reach the Blender bridge on 127.0.0.1:{}: {}".format( args.port, exc), file=sys.stderr) return 1 if resp.get("stdout"): text = resp["stdout"] print(text, end="" if text.endswith("\n") else "\n") if resp.get("ok"): if args.ping: info = resp.get("result") or {} py = str(info.get("python", "?")).split()[0] print("ok: Blender bridge v{} blender={} python {} file={}".format( info.get("version", "?"), info.get("blender", "?"), py, info.get("blend_file", "?"))) else: print(json.dumps(resp.get("result"), indent=2)) return 0 print("error: {}".format(resp.get("error", "unknown error")), file=sys.stderr) return 1 if __name__ == "__main__": sys.exit(_main())