Scripting OBS MP?

[Air Mozilla]

Are there any plans to add a scripting interface to OBS? I've used MidiPipe to write interfaces that use MIDI control surfaces to run Wirecast encoders (code on GitHub), and I like to try something similar for OBS. That project used Applescript which is a terrible excuse for a language. Something like a javascript interface of some sort would be awesome (...and cross platform).

 

[Lain]

Yes. Haven't decided on languages/etc yet. I'd personally like to have a few languages supported but we'll have to see. It's mostly just in planning stages. And no, we would most definitely not use applescript.

 

[Air Mozilla]

Any progress on the state of scripting in OBS Studio?

 

[asq]

it seems it's already in, yay!
just wait for release: https://github.com/jp9000/obs-studio/commit/8836592d92284c454f2e2d00b512837d9c53cbe9

 

[dodgepong]

Well, a front-end API is not the same thing as "scripting", though I admit I don't really know what use case Air Mozilla is wanting. That said, a front-end API will be very useful for making plugins that affect things controlled by the OBS UI (such as active scene selection).

 

[asq]

He wants MIDI support. Something similar to OBS Remote plugin but with physical buttons, flashy lights and faders. API (WebAPI in particular) allows this kind of integration.

 

[Air Mozilla]

The Front End API Library looks very promising! Can't wait to get some time to hack with it!

 

[TickleMeOzmo]

And no, we would most definitely not use applescript.

Going to need that "Set Jim on Fire" button sooner than expected...