aid: blender name: Blender description: >- Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite supporting the entirety of the 3D pipeline including modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking, video editing, and game creation. Blender's Python API provides extensive scripting capabilities for automation, tool development, and addon creation, enabling developers to extend Blender with custom functionality. The project is governed by the Blender Foundation and maintained at blender.org. type: Index image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg tags: - 3D - Animation - Game Development - Modeling - Open Source - Python - Rendering - VFX url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/blender/refs/heads/main/apis.yml created: '2024-01-01' modified: '2026-04-21' specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - aid: blender:blender-python-api name: Blender Python API description: >- The Blender Python API (bpy) provides Python access to Blender's internal data, operators, and UI components. It enables developers to automate tasks, create addons, build custom tools, manipulate scene data, interact with the render pipeline, and extend Blender's interface. The API is embedded within Blender and does not expose HTTP endpoints; it is invoked via Blender's built-in Python interpreter or through command-line batch rendering. humanURL: https://docs.blender.org/api/current/ tags: - Addons - Automation - Open Source - Python - Scripting properties: - type: Documentation url: https://docs.blender.org/api/current/ - type: GitHub url: https://github.com/blender/blender - type: GettingStarted url: https://docs.blender.org/api/current/info_quickstart.html - type: Tutorials url: https://docs.blender.org/api/current/info_tips_and_tricks.html - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/blender-addon-manifest-schema.json - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/blender-bpy-operator-schema.json - type: JSONStructure url: json-structure/blender-addon-manifest-structure.json - type: JSONStructure url: json-structure/blender-bpy-operator-structure.json - type: JSONLD url: json-ld/blender-context.jsonld - type: Example url: examples/blender-addon-manifest-example.json - type: Example url: examples/blender-bpy-operator-example.json - aid: blender:blender-extensions name: Blender Extensions Platform description: >- The Blender Extensions Platform (extensions.blender.org) provides a curated repository of addons, themes, and node presets for Blender. The platform supports structured addon packaging, versioning, and distribution. Developers can publish addons with metadata via the extensions.blender.org manifest format. humanURL: https://extensions.blender.org tags: - Addons - Extensions - Marketplace - Open Source properties: - type: Documentation url: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/extensions/index.html - type: Portal url: https://extensions.blender.org common: - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blender-foundation - type: Website url: https://www.blender.org/ - type: Documentation url: https://docs.blender.org/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://docs.blender.org/api/current/info_quickstart.html - type: Community url: https://www.blender.org/community/ - type: Support url: https://www.blender.org/support/ - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/blender - type: GitHub url: https://github.com/blender/blender - type: Blog url: https://www.blender.org/news/ - type: Training url: https://www.blender.org/training/ - type: FAQ url: https://www.blender.org/support/faq/ - type: ReleaseNotes url: https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/ - type: License url: https://www.blender.org/about/license/ title: GPL-2.0-or-later - type: PackageRegistry url: https://extensions.blender.org - type: SpectralRules url: rules/blender-spectral-rules.yml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/blender-python-api.yaml - type: Vocabulary url: vocabulary/blender-vocabulary.yaml - type: Features data: - name: Python Scripting (bpy) description: >- The bpy module provides access to Blender's internal data model, allowing Python scripts to create, read, update, and delete scene objects, materials, animations, constraints, and render settings. - name: Operator Framework description: >- Blender's operator system allows Python developers to create custom operators (commands) accessible from menus, panels, keyboard shortcuts, and scripts. - name: Addon Development description: >- Blender addons are Python packages extending functionality across modeling, rigging, animation, rendering, import/export, and UI. Distributed via the Extensions Platform or bundled directly. - name: Node Groups and Geometry Nodes description: >- Geometry Nodes and Shader Nodes provide visual programming for procedural modeling and materials, scriptable via the Python API. - name: Render Pipeline Integration description: >- Python API integrates with Blender's Cycles and EEVEE render engines for batch rendering, render farm integration, and custom render pipeline control. - name: Command-Line Interface description: >- Blender can be invoked headlessly via CLI for batch rendering, script execution, and pipeline automation without a GUI. - name: Asset Library System description: >- Blender 3.x+ includes an asset library system with Python API support for managing and accessing reusable 3D assets across projects. - type: UseCases data: - name: Pipeline Automation description: >- VFX and animation studios automate Blender production pipelines using Python scripts for batch rendering, asset processing, and scene assembly. - name: Addon Development description: >- Developers create custom tools and plugins extending Blender's functionality for modeling, rigging, simulation, and export workflows. - name: Headless Rendering description: >- Blender is used for headless server-side rendering via CLI and Python scripts in cloud rendering pipelines and automated content generation workflows. - name: Procedural Content Generation description: >- Python scripts and Geometry Nodes enable procedural generation of 3D assets for games, VFX, and architectural visualization. - name: Education and Research description: >- Universities, research labs, and educators use Blender's Python API for 3D visualization, scientific rendering, and computer graphics research. - type: Integrations data: - name: Cycles X Render Engine description: >- Blender's built-in path-tracing render engine with Python API access for controlling render settings, passes, and denoising. - name: USD (Universal Scene Description) description: >- Blender supports import and export of Pixar USD scenes, enabling pipeline integration with VFX and game development workflows. - name: glTF 2.0 description: >- Blender has built-in glTF 2.0 import/export support with Python API access, enabling web, AR/VR, and game engine pipelines. - name: OpenVDB description: >- Blender supports OpenVDB for volumetric simulation and rendering, with Python API access to volume data and simulation parameters. - name: ACES Color Management description: >- Blender integrates with OpenColorIO for ACES and professional color pipeline support in VFX productions. maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com