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Access output of upstream node - Python

results = parent_item.outputFiles

for i in results:

    print(i)


Access attribs of upstream node - Python

result = work_item.attribValues()

for key, value in result.items():

    print(key, ' : ', value)


List of files to workitems - Python

//run on a python partition TOP


import hou


paths = [

'$HFS/houdini/pic/butterfly1.pic',

'$HFS/houdini/pic/butterfly2.pic',

'$HFS/houdini/pic/butterfly3.pic',

'$HFS/houdini/pic/butterfly4.pic'

]


for p in paths:

    new_item = item_holder.addWorkItem()

    new_item.setStringAttrib('texpath', hou.text.expandString(p))


Thanks Matt Estella! for answering my question on the Houdini Forum