Wwise SDK 2021.1.14

Initializing the project

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Note: The Python Waapi-Client is intended for use with Python 3.6+.

Run the following command from any directory to install dependencies:

py -3 -m pip install waapi-client

Project Code

This file contains the following code, which allows you to connect to the Wwise Authoring API.

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from waapi import WaapiClient, CannotConnectToWaapiException

from pprint import pprint
 

try:
    # Connecting to Waapi using default URL
    client = WaapiClient()
    # NOTE: the client must be manually disconnected when instantiated in the global scope

except CannotConnectToWaapiException:
    print("Could not connect to Waapi: Is Wwise running and Wwise Authoring API enabled?")

else:
    # Callback function with a matching signature.
    # Signature (*args, **kwargs) matches anything, with results being in kwargs.
    def on_name_changed(*args, **kwargs):
        obj_type = kwargs.get("object", {}).get("type")
        old_name = kwargs.get("oldName")
        new_name = kwargs.get("newName")
 
        print("Object '{}' (of type '{}') was renamed to '{}'\n".format(old_name, obj_type, new_name))
        client.disconnect()
 
    handler = client.subscribe("ak.wwise.core.object.nameChanged", on_name_changed, {"return": ["type"]})
 
    print("Subscribed 'ak.wwise.core.object.nameChanged', rename an object in Wwise")

Running the project

With a project open in Wwise, run the script in a terminal with the following command:

py subscribe.py

You should observe in the output something like:

Getting Wwise instance information:

Subscribed 'ak.wwise.core.object.nameChanged', rename an object in Wwise

Proceed to rename an object in Wwise. You should then observe something like:

Object 'MySound' (of type 'Sound') was renamed to 'MyOtherSound'

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