Let's take a moment to talk about the 10.000 feet view of Pyblish.
Besides plug-ins, there are two primary objects that are of interest to you.
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Context
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Instance
The Context represents the world, typically your current working file, and contains 1 or more Instance.
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You can think of Instance as a subdivision of Context, each pertaining to a specific area of the bigger picture, such as an image sequence or a model. When publishing, you can choose to consider either the world or part of the world.
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In some cases, it makes sense to only look at a small portion of a working file, either for precision or special treatment. For example, if your Context is a scene from Star Wars, you might treat Luke different from how you treat The Death Star.
In other cases, it makes more sense to look at the world as a whole, such as when identifying Luke midst other assets in your scene.
Cooperation
Now that you're able to write, register and coordinate plug-ins, it's time to look at how to make them cooperate.
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import datetime
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import pyblish.api
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classCollectTime(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
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order =0
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defprocess(self, context):
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time = datetime.datetime.now()
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context.data["time"]= time
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classPrintTime(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
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order =1
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defprocess(self, context):
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time = context.data["time"]
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print(time)
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pyblish.api.register_plugin(CollectTime)
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pyblish.api.register_plugin(PrintTime)
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import pyblish.util
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pyblish.util.publish()
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You can use this object to pass information from one plug-in to another. The Context is also accessible from the return value of publish().