topic Trigger API from outside in Fusion API and Scripts Forum

Trigger API from outside

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:49:08 GMT

Hi,

is it possible to address the API from outside Fusion 360, like via the command line or an external python script?

Sorry for the newbie question!

Re: Trigger API from outside

marshaltu — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:01:18 GMT

Hello,

Unfortunately out-of-process API is supported yet. It means you cannot call the API directly outside Fusion 360 process.

Instead you can probably add an addin to Fusion 360 and let it talk to your app to receive/send data and then call into API by the addin. An example is like as below:

http://adndevblog.typepad.com/cloud_and_mobile/2016/03/practise-with-fusion-360-and-socketio-javascript-api.html

Thanks,

Marshal

Re: Trigger API from outside

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:29:34 GMT

Probably a litte late for you, but to all future readers: This might be of help. http://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-8A2C4ECD-7D82-4E56-AFE8-4FA72464AE66

You can open (or insert) a file via an url, and write a script that triggers when files are opent via an URL. Read the paragraph "Private info" for further details. It made me achieve this goal.