Pro Tools Scripting SDK

The Pro Tools Scripting SDK is an open, language independent API that gives you access to control Pro Tools to perform tasks automatically. You can open, close, save your session, query the open session, export in various formats, perform functions on the timeline, use “get” commands to find out about clips, playback state, and use “set” commands to perform writable actions to the open session. You can create apps in any language, so if you’re more comfortable in Python than C++, you can quickly get up and running. The API is cross-platform and available in all versions of Pro Tools.

The Scripting SDK itself is an external component that serves as an inter-process for working between your scripting application and Pro Tools. The communication between your app, the SDK and Pro Tools is verified and validated with a certificate.