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Hi remotify,

I wonder if it is possible to use the full Live API within Remotify, or can we only use a subsection of it (maybe we can only use what has been added so fare)?

I found this

https://nsuspray.github.io/Live_API_Doc/11.0.0.xml#Live-Browser

I’m trying to list my User folders from Lives browser with this code

myUser_folders = self.application().browser.user_folders
my_sub_item_1 = myUser_folders.children[0]

But I’m getting this error message

> ‘BrowserItemVector’ object has no attribute ‘children’

I’m not sure if the syntax is correct or if something else is preventing it from working.

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Hi JohnC,

Thanks for getting back to me!

So I have this code in a reaction, and it works (It lists all my User Folders in Ableton, and its contents).

self.user_folders = self.application().browser.user_folders

for folder_index, user_folder in enumerate(self.user_folders):
self.log_message(“user_folder [index:” + str(folder_index) + “] [name:” + user_folder.name + “]”)

for index, browser_item in enumerate(user_folder.children):
self.log_message(“browser_item [index:” + str(index) + “][name:” + browser_item.name + “][is_folder:” + str(browser_item.is_folder) + “][is_loadable:” + str(browser_item.is_loadable) + “][is_selected:” + str(browser_item.is_selected) + “]”)

This is a section of the generated output in the log (Folder and file names in bold)

2025-05-31T17:56:52.275757: info: Python: INFO:_Framework.ControlSurface:275 – LOG: (css_remove_neon) user_folder [index:0] [name:LiveDJ]
2025-05-31T17:56:52.275831: info: RemoteScriptMessage: (css_remove_neon) user_folder [index:0] [name:LiveDJ]
2025-05-31T17:56:52.395226: info: Python: INFO:_Framework.ControlSurface:395 – LOG: (css_remove_neon) browser_item [index:5][name:8B_126_Donna Summer – I Feel Love_PN.als][is_folder:False][is_loadable:True][is_selected:False]
2025-05-31T17:56:52.395250: info: RemoteScriptMessage: (css_remove_neon) browser_item [index:5][name:8B_126_Donna Summer – I Feel Love_PN.als][is_folder:False][is_loadable:True][is_selected:False]

Now that I have folder and file names I would like to be able to load the Clip Pack e.g “8B_126_Donna Summer – I Feel Love_PN.als” into Session View and I have found this API

load_item() #Method
load_item( (Browser)arg1, (BrowserItem)arg2) → None
Loads the provided browser item.

Location of Live API
https://nsuspray.github.io/Live_API_Doc/11.0.0.xml#Live-Browser

As I’m not sure how to apply this API (I have tried and failed to construct) I wonder if you have some insight or some suggestions how to use the API I would appreciate it!

Joachim

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