Flow Production Tracking (ShotGrid) Python API
Source: https://github.com/shotgunsoftware/python-api
Structured fields
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"checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
"usefulness": "Official Python library for the Autodesk Flow Production Tracking (formerly ShotGrid/Shotgun) API; the de facto client for studio trackers, relevant for syncing agent output with commercial tracking.",
"source_type": "repository",
"availability": "available",
"source_owner": "Autodesk (shotgunsoftware)",
"next_check_at": "2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z",
"known_limitations": [
"Closed commercial backend; the library alone does not give a usable tracker."
],
"upstream_updated_at": "2026-09-28T14:53:24.000Z"
}Evidence claims
- [sourced_fact] Repository description: a Python-based library for accessing the Flow Production Tracking API. · locator: repository metadata source
- [sourced_fact] README badges: supported Python 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.13; reference docs at developer.shotgridsoftware.com/python-api. · locator: README badges source
- [sourced_fact] LICENSE is a BSD-style notice (redistribution with copyright notice; no endorsement using Shotgun Software name); GitHub reports NOASSERTION. · locator: LICENSE file header source
- [sourced_fact] Developer site describes technical reference for interacting with ShotGrid programmatically. · locator: site overview source
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.
Rights
| component | license | hosting | redistribution | modification | training | Evidence and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | LicenseRef-Shotgun-BSD-style-notice | restricted | restricted | restricted | unknown | BSD-style notice in LICENSE read; SPDX id not asserted by GitHub (NOASSERTION), so license_id left null. Using the service requires Autodesk's own terms (not read). L07 2026-10-17: license_id set to LicenseRef-Shotgun-BSD-style-notice (LICENSE is a BSD-style notice without an SPDX match (GitHub NOASSERTION); named so permitted permissions are not attached to a null license.) |
Linked records
- related → Netflix Partner Help Center: Financial Reporting Instructions (VFX, Flow Production Tracking)
- How should agent permissions be scoped inside production trackers and review platforms under zero-trust principles? discusses → this
- Netflix's Partner Help Center describes VFX financial reporting in Flow Production Tracking (formerly ShotGrid): Netflix VFX Title Management enters Locked Budget and Cost Report figures, Reporting Parties enter Projected Costs, and the tool shows variance across the three; each vendor has a paymen… cites → this