How to get the current network type category on the Network Editor Pane in python?

[willlinks]

Hello,
I'm trying to network type category (like sop, dop, lop ...) on the Network Editor Pane in Python.
I could get the parent node of the network on the current Network Editor so far.

def get_network_type():
	# Find the node of the network showed on a current Network Editor Pane. 
	desktop = hou.ui.curDesktop()
	pane =  desktop.paneTabOfType(hou.paneTabType.NetworkEditor)
	parent_node = pane.pwd()
	
	# I'd like to get the network type category of the inside of the parent_node (like Sop, Lop, Object, CopNet, TopNet etc).
	network_type = ??????

	return network_type

I have some case that I'm viewing the Sop network in sop_create Lop node or Vop network  in material_library Lop so it is not necessary to be the top or parent network is the same network type I'm viewing on the current Network Editor pane.
I could pick one node in the current network to figure out the network type by getting node type but I also have situation that there are no node in the network yet but I need to figure out the network type.

It would be really nice to have some help.
Thank you in advance!

[animatrix]

Hi,

You can get it like this:

context = parent_node.childTypeCategory().name()

 

[willlinks]

Thank you so much for the suggestion!!

It worked great