/houdini-notifier

HDA to get notified when a process in done.

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houdini-notifier

HDA to get notified when a process in done. This is currently a WIP, so more functionality is to be expected in the future.

  • Download the .hda file and put it in your otls directory (on Windows, that's usually \Documents\houdinixx.x\otls).
  • Launch Houdini and the HDA should appear in the TAB Menu under the name Send Email (only in the SOP context).

Important: In order to use this tool with a Gmail account, you have to first generate an app password following these steps. That app password is what you should enter in your credentials file or parameters, not the usual one!

The JSON credentials file should follow this template:

{
  "login": "me@domain.com",
  "password": "1234"
}

Tracking jobs in Discord

Here are the steps to make it work:

  • Create your own bot following these steps, or have access to an already existing one.

  • Invite the bot to your server.

  • Edit the houdini.env file and add your bot's token under a DISCORD_TOKEN variable, and your user ID under a DISCORD_USER_ID variable.

    For example:

    • DISCORD_TOKEN = "Bot 1234567890thisismytoken"
    • DISCORD_USER_ID = "718419653205950520"

  • Restart Houdini, load your scene and find the Scripts tab of an output node in Houdini.

  • Set the Pre-Render, Post-Frame and Post-Render scripts (you'll find them here in the /scripts folder).

  • Execute the node and you should receive a direct message from the bot with info about the job.

This has only been tested with File Cache nodes. More info coming in next releases.