How to get the collection an object belongs to?

Question

I can access objects belonging to a collection like so:

objects_in_collection = bpy.data.collections["My_Collection"].objects

How can I access the collection a specific object belongs to?

brockmann · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-20T09:55:08.463

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Object.users_collection property returns a tuple containing all linked collections:

>>> obj = bpy.context.object
>>> obj.users_collection
(bpy.data.collections['Collection'],)

edited Apr 20 '20 at 09:55

answered Mar 20 '19 at 12:22

brockmann

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Many thanks! I also needed to get the name of the collection and was able to do so like this: ob.users_collection[0].name – coCoKNIght Mar 21 '19 at 14:59
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@brockmann :: Is the result always by order? e.g. [0] = direct parent? The official document in your link lacks detail. – cppBeginner Jul 18 '20 at 04:10
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Not sure, just test it. If not the case, you can sort it: https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/146685/how-to-obtain-the-parent-of-a-collection-using-python/172581#172581 @cppBeginner – brockmann Jul 18 '20 at 18:16
This doesn't seem to work in drivers. – Will Chen Apr 18 '21 at 22:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 20 '19 at 11:10

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Select this object by name and it should take you to the right collection. Selection by name is described in this section.

answered Mar 20 '19 at 11:10

Lukasz-40sth

Selection works differently in Blender 2.8x: https://blender.stackexchange.com/a/132829/31447 – brockmann Mar 20 '19 at 12:25

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