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In order to find the hook files the file name must match exactly. Please see list below.
The example scripts can be found here:
https://github.com/das-element/resources/tree/main/scripts/hooks/examples

The software follows this order looking for Python Hook files.

1. directory defined in the $DASELEMENT_HOOKS environment variable

2. directory defined in the $DASELEMENT_RESOURCES/scripts/hooks environment variable

3. your local .das-element folder (for Linux: ~/.das-element/scripts/hooks or for Windows %homepath%/.das-element/scripts/hooks)

Pre Render Hook

The input is the resolver data dictionary which will be used to resolve the path pattern. You can modify it here before the transcoding task gets processed.

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This hook can be used to edit, reformat or add additional values to the export elements from the settings page of the library elements.

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https://github.com/das-element/resources/blob/main/scripts/hooks/examples/shotgrid/pre_export.py

Troubleshooting

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

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inside the Python hook file you can add print statements

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

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start a terminal/command prompt

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activate the debug mode -set the environment variable

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

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now run the software via the command line

# Linux
/opt/das-element-1.2.1/das-element-1.2.1

# MacOS
/Application

# Windows
C:\Program Files

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Logger inside python file

Since version 2.1.2 you can directly access the logger inside the hook files.

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:])

Example for pre_load_ingest.py

import logging

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

    logger.warning('This is a warning!') # <- use the Das Element logger (~/.das-element/logs/)

    logging.warning('This is a warning!') # <- use the default logging module

    for item in items:
      print(item) # <- this print() will be output to the console
    return items

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