Acces Set streaming destination & Stream contents from code

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I have a bunch of panels in grasshopper which we stream to a file location which we set up manually. I’m wondering if there is a way to do this using code. So that I have one component where I connect a button to and when that buttons gets pressed I get asked for a specific file location. I believe I can figure out how to make that button activate the prompt for asking for a path location, but I’m wondering how to access “Set streaming destination” and “Stream contents” options which you get when you right click on a panel. Anybody have an idea of where to look or an example file?

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I’m a bit familiar with python & c# but not advanced

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I just realized another solution would be to just take the input that goes into the panel and input it into a python or c# component and let that stream to a specific location. Anybody have an idea on how to have the file be updated automatically when the input changes? (As in what the “Stream contents” does?)

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This could be one way using the ghpython components. Although i rarely use streaming and I’m not sure how the filemodes other then .txt work…

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Thanks!
I ended up using a similar solution:

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I’ll use the standard grasshopper “path” component to set the directory for all panels and then a toggle to activate streaming.

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Hi, could you possibly post your grasshopper definition for this? I find myself in need of your solution but I cannot seem to reproduce it because I don’t have enough experience. Thank you very much in advance.

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Hi @celine_o ,

@lando.schumpich posted a definition that should work. You just need to change the filepath to a path that exists on your computer. What is not working for you?

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@lando.schumpich

Any idea how to apply this concept to a data tree?

BTW, your code was very useful!