OpenPort and communicate via Python (Socket)

[jonathan.pgagne]

Hey guys,

I saw there is a hscript command ‘openport’, but I didn't find example on how to communicate with houdini via python.

Here's what I need to do:

1-Open a port, from localHost, within houdini session.
2-From an external python interpreter, execute houdini python commands, using local port.
IE: hou.node('/obj').createNode('geo')

Here's how I can do this in maya:

1-cmds.commandPort(name='localhost:7555')
2-
client = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
client.connect(('127.0.0.1', 7555))
c = ‘python(“cmds.polySphere()”);’
client.send(c)

Does anyone know if it's possible to this in houdini?

Anyone has some examples?

Thanks
Jonathan

[Stalkerx777]

Exactly the same would be in Houdini:

def houdini_send(msg):
    import socket
    HOST = "localhost"
    PORT = 12100
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    s.connect((HOST, PORT))
    s.send(msg + '\n')
    res = s.recv(1024)
    s.close()
    return res

 

But consider using hrpyc instead for general interaction.

http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/hom/rpc