Editing Lamp Strength with Python

Question

I am trying to animate changing brightness of a point lamp using input data that I have. However, when I try to access the lamp's strength using

bpy.data.node_groups["Shader Nodetree"].nodes["Emission"].inputs[1].default_value

I get the error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<blender_console>", line 1, in <module>
KeyError: 'bpy_prop_collection[key]: key "Shader Nodetree" not found

Is there another way I can/should access and change the lamp's strength via Python?

you can find the answer here – João Cartucho May 24 '19 at 07:47 — João Cartucho, May 24 '19 at 07:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '15 at 22:14

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Yes, reach node_tree through lamp object bpy.data.lamps['lamp name'].node_tree.nodes.

answered Oct 04 '15 at 22:14

kilbee

This works great! I'm now trying to add keyframes for the changing lamp strength, what should go in the data_path parameter? – wjkaufman Oct 04 '15 at 22:17
My guess is 'default_value', since you keyframing a node input. – kilbee Oct 04 '15 at 22:24

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