Return an enum value indicating what type of network item is represented by this object. This value is equivalent to using the isinstance built in Python function with the matching class (for example hou.networkItemType.Connection is equivalent to hou.NodeConnection).

Return this node’s name. See also hou.NetworkMovableItem.path().

Set the name of this node. Raises hou.OperationFailed if the new name contains characters other than letters, numbers, periods, dashes, or underscores. Raises hou.OperationFailed if the node could not be renamed (for example, another node already exists with the name, the node is the root node or top-level manager (e.g. /obj), or the node is inside a locked asset). If the unique_name parameter is set to True, the supplied name may be changed to ensure that it doesn’t match the name of any existing node.

Return the value of the last set of digits inside the node’s name, or 0 if there are no digits.

For example, the result is 102 for a node named geo102, and 34 for a node named light12to34.

Return the full path (i.e. starting with /) of this node in the network.

Return a relative path to another node object from this node.

>>> box1 = hou.node("/obj/box_object1/box1")
>>> sphere1 = hou.node("/obj/sphere_object1/sphere1")
>>> box1.relativePathTo(sphere1)
'../../sphere_object1/sphere1'
>>> hou.node("/obj").relativePathTo(box1)
'box_object1/box1'
>>> box1.relativePathTo(box1)
'.'

Return the node that contains this item.

Note that this method returns None if the item is the root node (i.e. /).

>>> hou.node("/obj/box_object1").parent()
<hou.Node at /obj>
>>> print hou.node("/").parent()
None

Returns the parent network box which contains this item, or None if it is not inside a network box.

Return whether this item is selected.

See also hou.selectedNodes().

Equivalent to calling hou.NetworkMovableItem.isSelected().

Select or deselect this item, optionally deselecting all other selected items in this network. If show_asset_if_selected is True, and this item is a Node, then the panes will show the top-level asset of the selected item instead.

Equivalent to calling hou.NetworkMovableItem.setSelected() with default values for all optional parameters.

Return the color of this item’s tile in the network editor.

Sets the color of this item’s tile in the network editor to the given hou.Color.

Returns an integer value that uniquely identifies this item in a given Houdini session. This id is only guaranteed to be unique in a single Houdini process. It is useful as a quick and easy way to save a restore a reference to an item. It is also only unique for a specific item subclass. So there may be a Node with the same session id as a NetworkBox.

See hou.nodeBySessionId() to turn a session id back into a node, or hou.networkBoxBySessionId() to turn a session id back into a network box, or more generally, hou.itemBySessionId() to turn a session id combined with an enum value indicating the item subclass into an item of that type.

Return the position of this item’s tile in the network editor graph as a Vector2. See also move() and setPosition().

Sets the position of this item’s tile in the network editor graph. Raises hou.InvalidInput if the item cannot have the given position.

Moves this item’s tile in the network editor graph by the increments in the given hou.Vector2.

To position a item absolutely, use setPosition().

To get the item’s current graph position, use position().

Raises hou.InvalidInput if the item cannot move to the position specified.

Equivalent to calling hou.NetworkMovableItem.move().

Return the size of this item’s tile in the network editor graph as a Vector2.