Display Layers Export

display_layers_export.py

import os
import json

import pymel.core


display_layers = {}
for layer in pymel.core.ls(type="displayLayer"):
    display_layers[layer.name()] = {"members": []}
    for node in layer.listMembers():
        display_layers[layer.name()]["members"].append(node.name())

basename = os.path.basename(pymel.core.sceneName())
filename = os.path.splitext(basename)[0]
directory = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(pymel.core.sceneName()), filename + ".display_layers")

if not os.path.exists(directory):
    os.makedirs(directory)

for key, value in display_layers.iteritems():
    file_path = os.path.join(directory, key + ".json")
    with open(file_path, "w") as out_file:
        json.dump(value, out_file, sort_keys=True, indent=4)