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def main(*args, logger=none):
    items = args[0]

    # use the Das Element logger
    # will log to  ~/.das-element/logs/
    
    logger.warning('This is a warning!')
    
    return items

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main(sys.argv[1:])

Print inside python file

To output data to the console when customizing the hook files use a print statement inside the main function. The input args will be a list of data.

To get a better idea what’s happening inside the hook files you can follow these steps:

1. inside the Python hook file you can add print statements

   Code Block
   print(item) print(item['path'])

2. start a terminal/command prompt

3. activate the debug mode - set the environment variable

   Code Block
   # Linux/MacOS export DASELEMENT_LOG_LEVEL=debug # Windows set DASELEMENT_LOG_LEVEL=debug

4. now run the software via the command line

   Code Block
   # Linux /opt/das-element-1.2.1/das-element-1.2.1 # MacOS /Applications/das-element-1.2.1.app/Contents/MacOS/das-element-1.2.1 # Windows "C:\Program Files\das element\das element 1.2.1\das element 1.2.1.exe"

5. If you make changes to the hook file you will need to restart the application to re-read these changes

Example for pre_load_ingest.py

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