How to switch context in Blender python?

Question

Good day, I'm very new to the Blender API.

Ultimately, I am trying to get the currently selected object. I know this is available bpy.context.selected_objects. However, I'm running my script from a python file and the context object is different. in my current context the selected_objects does not exist.

I've searched around and at most I've been able to find that you can edit in which context some operators are run by overriding their settings. But bpy.context.selected_objects is not an operator.

Perhaps there is a method or operator inside bpy.data which returns the selected object? I can't seem to find the part of the documentation which shows what attributes are exposed inside bpy.data https://docs.blender.org/api/current/search.html?q=bpy.data.&check_keywords=yes&area=default#

Thanks in advance.

user_15900460 · Answer

As your running this from blender scripting possibly using bpy.context.active_object rather then bpy.context.selected_objects might work better.

There can be an active object when no objects are selected, here's more info on them: https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/27396/whats-the-difference-among-object-active-object-and-selected-objects

It's also quite hard to tell what could be going on without more details on the internal functionings, so attaching code would be usefull.

How to switch context in Blender python?

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