René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"feature: saving hierarchical entities in one transaction - batch mode on steroids","articleBody":"I think [batch mode](https://developers.shotgridsoftware.com/python-api/reference.html#shotgun_api3.shotgun.Shotgun.batch) is great as it provides speed, saves roundtrips and is safe as a single transaction.\n\nWhat would be an awesome extension is being able to save hierarchies of related entities:\n\n```python\nbatch_data = [\n  {\"request_type\": \"create\", \"entity_type\": \"Shot\", \"entity_id\": -1, \"data\": {\"code\": \"LAX_0001\", \"project\": project}},\n  {\"request_type\": \"create\", \"entity_type\": \"Shot\", \"entity_id\": -2, \"data\": {\"code\": \"LAX_0002\", \"project\": project}},\n  {\"request_type\": \"create\", \"entity_type\": \"Version\", \"data\": {\"code\": \"LAX_0001_v001\", \"entity\":{\"type\":\"shot\", \"id\":-1}}},\n  {\"request_type\": \"create\", \"entity_type\": \"Version\", \"data\": {\"code\": \"LAX_0001_v002\", \"entity\":{\"type\":\"shot\", \"id\":-1}}},\n  {\"request_type\": \"create\", \"entity_type\": \"Version\", \"data\": {\"code\": \"LAX_0002_v003\", \"entity\":{\"type\":\"shot\", \"id\":-2}}},\n]\nsg.batch(batch_data)\n```\n\nNo new fields are needed just negative ids and the \"only\" trick would be to save those entities with a negative id first so that the following ones can reference the generated id's.\n\nThanks for considering it! Maybe one day someone sets up a whole show in one transaction :)","author":{"url":"https://github.com/patrickwolf","@type":"Person","name":"patrickwolf"},"datePublished":"2025-05-22T05:36:11.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/383/python-api/issues/383"}