How to update text source with SetSourceSettings?

[AndiLeni]

Hello,

I want to update a text source in OBS.

I tried it like this, but it failed with a 204 response.

self.obs.send(
    param="SetSourceSettings",
    data={
       "inputName": "RunningTime",
       "inputSettings": {"text": f"{minutes}:{seconds},{millis}"},
    },
)

How can I achieve this with obsws?

Thanks in advance and kind regards
Andreas

[aatikturk]

Hi,

you can do it with set_input_settings following below steps:

1. Import the library and connect to obs

import obsws_python as obs
cl = obs.ReqClient(host='localhost', port=4455, password='yourpassword', timeout=3)

2. Let's say your text input's name is mytextinput.

text_input = 'mytextinput'
data = {'text': 'some new text here'}
cl.set_input_settings(text_input, data, True)

If you use help function on set_input_settings method you can see the parameter definition and types.

In [5]: help(cl.set_input_settings)
Help on method set_input_settings in module obsws_python.reqs:

set_input_settings(name, settings, overlay) method of obsws_python.reqs.ReqClient instance
    Sets the settings of an input.

    :param name: Name of the input to set the settings of
    :type name:  str
    :param settings: Object of settings to apply
    :type settings:  dict
    :param overlay: True == apply the settings on top of existing ones, False == reset the input to its defaults, then apply settings.
    :type overlay:  bool

Hope it helps,
have a nice day!

[AndiLeni]

This works fine! Thank you! :)