Example script using AYON Maya integration 'cbId' to perform a post-process 'connection' between source and target cbId in the current scene

ayon_maya_use_cbid_for_connection_post_process.py

# Perform a 'connection' between dag nodes in Maya based on their cbId
from typing import Dict
from maya import cmds
from ayon_maya.api import lib

mapping: Dict[str, str] = {
    # Data mapping is like:
    "source-id": "target-id",
    # Example:
    "ac991b60b4cb11eeb7fc7730318c5a70:c0ce772a9052": "ac991b60b4cb11eeb7fc7730318c5a70:f328201a4e8b"
}


def connect(source_node: str, target_node: str):
    """Process a source to a node id.

    This defines what to do between any found mapping
    of nodes.
    """
    src = f"{source_node}.worldMatrix[0]"
    dest = f"{target_node}.offsetParentMatrix"
    if cmds.isConnected(src, dest):
        # Ignore if already connected
        return
    cmds.connectAttr(src, dest, force=True)


nodes_by_id: Dict[str, str] = {}
nodes = cmds.ls(dag=True, long=True)  # All dag nodes
for node in nodes:
    node_id = lib.get_id(node)
    if not node_id:
        continue
    nodes_by_id[node_id] = node
    
for source_id, target_id in mapping.items():
    if source_id in nodes_by_id:
        if target_id not in nodes_by_id:
            print(f"Target {target_id} not found for source {source_id}")
            continue

        source_node = nodes_by_id[source_id]
        target_node = nodes_by_id[target_id]
        connect(source_node, target_node)