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Is there a way to know how objects are connected in a patcher from within a js script ?

I can not find any method in the documentation, but it should not be too difficult !

Is there a way to know how objects are connected in a patcher from within a js script ?
I can not find any method in the documentation, but it should not be too difficult !
Correct me if I am wrong ...


getting-objects-connections-in-javascript

I was wondering about this the other day as well.

It would have great applications for making some nice self-aware constructs.

I was wondering about this the other day as well.
It would have great applications for making some nice self-aware constructs.


Not what I would call "properly". There is a work around if you use Max5 where you can import the JSON source text directly into your javascript and then parse that to find out how things are connected, but it does involve a little work on the programmers part. It will cause problems in non-maxpat files. Here's 

 I came up with. The example there is mainly about grabbing object data that is usually unavailable, but there's nothing to stop you using the connection data too.

Not what I would call "properly". There is a work around if you use Max5 where you can import the JSON source text directly into your javascript and then parse that to find out how things are connected, but it does involve a little work on the programmers part. It will cause problems in non-maxpat files. Here's some code I came up with. The example there is mainly about grabbing object data that is usually unavailable, but there's nothing to stop you using the connection data too.

getting objects connections in javascript