Who wants access to Ableton's Python API? .. You? .. Ok!

[iainduncan]

I saw a response in this thread that copied what sure looks like a Python interactive interpreter talking to the API and introspecting it. Can anyone tell me how this was accomplished? I seemingly can't just drop into pdb from a script, but I would LOVE to be in an interactive interprete.

Thanks!
iain

[ST8]

I saw a response in this thread that copied what sure looks like a Python interactive interpreter talking to the API and introspecting it. Can anyone tell me how this was accomplished? I seemingly can't just drop into pdb from a script, but I would LOVE to be in an interactive interprete.

Thanks!
iain

What you're looking for is LiveTelnet, heres an updated getting started tutorial for it:
http://blog.fluffypattern.ch/?p=226

[iainduncan]

Awesome, thanks so much!

[julienb]

Some work made on my spare time:
http://julienbayle.net/ableton-live-9-m ... te-scripts

It works for Live 9.
I have also decompiled Push scripts.

[hoffman2k]

Some work made on my spare time:
http://julienbayle.net/ableton-live-9-m ... te-scripts

It works for Live 9.
I have also decompiled Push scripts.

You still have spare time?
Hey Julien, can I borrow a cup of sugar and Push?

[julienb]

Some work made on my spare time:
http://julienbayle.net/ableton-live-9-m ... te-scripts

It works for Live 9.
I have also decompiled Push scripts.

You still have spare time?
Hey Julien, can I borrow a cup of sugar and Push?

[3dot...]

great work Julien.. going to dive into this when I have the time..
thanks so much for sharing your work

[julienb]

great work Julien.. going to dive into this when I have the time..
thanks so much for sharing your work

let me know your explorations too
I'm interested !

[NSU_Spray]

Some work made on my spare time:
http://julienbayle.net/ableton-live-9-m ... te-scripts

(: I’m making some work in my spare time too:

Live API actively expands. Documentation which laid out by Hanz Petrov (API_MakeDoc) becomes too cumbersome. It is difficult to search, to compare different versions, to understand what features are added, that has changed.

I spent the time and has made more advanced design of this unofficial documentation:

https://nsuspray.github.io/Live_API_Doc/

I have tried to simplify the search and navigation, to make design more accessible. It has a function of comparing different versions with independent displaying additions, changes, matches. I think you will understand.

[Angstrom]

Very nice!

[eclipxe]

This is great thank you!

[stutter]

THanks NSU_Spray, good stuff

[RobrechtV]

Hello,

I don't know if this is a good place to ask but there seems to be a lot of Python/Live knowledge in this thread!

I was wondering if there is a way to simply save the current song using Python. I haven't found it in the Live APIs posted here, but you never know!

Context: I would like to add a "save" button to my control surface' remote control script. Ideally, the button would light up as soon as there are unsaved changes, so a listener for the current saved/unsaved state would be useful too.

[enteleform]

Some work made on my spare time:
http://julienbayle.net/ableton-live-9-m ... te-scripts

(: I’m making some work in my spare time too:
https://nsuspray.github.io/Live_API_Doc/

Thanks for sharing these resources . They have been extremely helpful in navigating the treacherous waters of the Ableton API

I just managed to get a Python typings generation system for the Live API mostly functional, here's a video demoing IntelliSense completions and Go to Definition functionality:


The types aren't 100% complete, I was able to convert the function signatures pretty thoroughly, but there are a lot of <class 'property'>, etc. types that I had to use Any for. I ended up generating a map of every object path so that I can override value types, return types, and arg types manually if necessary, and filled in the parts of the API that I'll be using most immediately. I'm also going to try setting up an Ableton Set that has most entities available, so that I can try to do a crawl of instantiated classes and get the actual types.

Lmk if this seems interesting/helpful to anyone!

I also posted a bit more about my development setup here:
https://github.com/gluon/AbletonLive9_R ... 1185792347

I'd love to hear about anyone else's personal workflows/systems/etc.!

[abzi]

Hey guys,
I am currently looking for someone that can modify a existing MIDI remote script,
and am willing to compensate the person appropriately for the time spend.
If anyone here is interested, please send a PM.

Best regards

Markus