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Basic python job submission III. SimpleCmd Compatibility and Application Specific Parameters

#!/usr/bin/pythonenv python3
# As in the last example, we will need the os, sys, and qb modules:
import os, sys
try:
    import qb
except ImportError:
    if os.environ.get("QBDIR"):
        qbdir_api = os.path.join(os.environ.get("QBDIR"),"api","python")
    for api_path in (qbdir_api,
                     "/Applications/pfx/qube/api/python/",
                     "/usr/local/pfx/qube/api/python/",
                     "C:\\Program Files\\pfx\\qube\\api\\python",
                     "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\pfx\\qube\\api\\python"):
        if api_path not in sys.path and os.path.exists(api_path):
            sys.path.insert(0,api_path)
            try:
                import qb
            except:
                continue
            break
    # this should throw an exception if we've exhuasted all other possibilities
    import qb


# Below is the main function to run in this script 
def main():
    
    # The first few parameters are the same as the previous examples 
    job = {}
    job['name'] = 'Maya BatchRender (rib) TUTORIAL'
    job['prototype'] = 'cmdrange'
     job['cpus'] = 1
    job['priority'] = 9999

        
    
    # Below creates an empty package dictionary
    package = {}
    
    # Below instructs the Qube! GUI which submission UI to use for resubmission
    package['simpleCmdType'] = 'Maya BatchRender (rib)'
    
    # Below defines the camera used for the render
    package['-cam'] = 'test'
    
    # Below defines the project location 
    package['-proj'] = '/mnt/storage/'
    
    # Below defines the maya renderer to be used
    package['-renderer'] = 'rib'
    
    # Below defines the renderlayer to be rendered
    package['-rl'] = 'test'
    
    # Below defines the command to be run.  This is necessary for our API submission,
	# but will be re-generate based on user defined parameters upon resubmission.
    package['cmdline'] = '"/usr/autodesk/maya2012/bin/Render" -s QB_FRAME_START -e QB_FRAME_END -b QB_FRAME_STEP -cam "test" -rl "test" -proj "/mnt/storage/" -		 renderer "rib"  "/mnt/storage/test.mb"'
    
    # Below defines the maya executable location
    package['mayaExe'] = '/usr/autodesk/maya2012/bin/Render'
    
    # below defines the range of the job to be rendered
    package['range'] = '1-100'
    
    # Below defines the scenefile location
    package['scenefile'] = '/mnt/storage/test.mb'
    
    # Below sets the job's package to the package dictionary we just created 
    job['package'] = package
  
    # Using the given range, we will create an agenda list using qb.genframes
    agenda = qb.genframes(package['range'])
 
    # Now that we have a properly formatted agenda, assign it to the job
    job['agenda'] = agenda	
    
     listOfJobsToSubmit = []
    listOfJobsToSubmit.append(job)
     
    # As before, we create a list of 1 job, then submit the list.  Again, we
    # could submit just the single job w/o the list, but submitting a list is
    # good form.
    listOfSubmittedJobs = qb.submit(listOfJobsToSubmit)
    for job in listOfSubmittedJobs:
        print (job['id'])

# Below runs the "main" function 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
    sys.exit(0)