name

davinci-resolve-scripting

description

Use when writing, editing, or debugging DaVinci Resolve scripting API code (Python or Lua) — provides accurate method signatures, return types, settings dictionaries, enum constants, object navigation, and deprecations for the Resolve/Fusion scripting API. Triggers include DaVinci Resolve, Resolve API, DaVinciResolveScript, GetProjectManager, MediaPool, MediaPoolItem, Timeline, TimelineItem, Fusion scripting, render/export settings.

DaVinci Resolve Scripting API

Accurate reference for the DaVinci Resolve scripting API, generated from the versioned docs at https://wheheohu.github.io/bmd_doc/. Covers Resolve 21.0.2 (docs last updated 26 May 2026). Use these files instead of guessing method names — the Resolve API is easy to hallucinate.

Getting started

Every script starts from the resolve object:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import DaVinciResolveScript as dvr_script
resolve = dvr_script.scriptapp("Resolve")
projectManager = resolve.GetProjectManager()
project = projectManager.GetCurrentProject()

For environment variables (RESOLVE_SCRIPT_API, RESOLVE_SCRIPT_LIB, PYTHONPATH), headless mode, and the object hierarchy, read:

references/getting-started.md — setup, env vars, headless, list/dict data structures
references/object-map.md — how to navigate from one object to another

How to find what you need

Working with a specific object (Timeline, MediaPool, …) → references/api/<Object>.md
Render/export settings, constants, property dicts → references/settings/<Name>.md
A method that no longer exists or moved → references/deprecated.md
Version markers (> New in X.Y.Z) inside each file tell you when a method was added.

Index

API Objects

Settings & Constants

DaVinci Resolve Scripting API

Getting started

Every script starts from the resolve object:

#!/usr/bin/env python import DaVinciResolveScript as dvr_script resolve = dvr_script.scriptapp("Resolve") projectManager = resolve.GetProjectManager() project = projectManager.GetCurrentProject()

For environment variables (RESOLVE_SCRIPT_API, RESOLVE_SCRIPT_LIB, PYTHONPATH), headless mode, and the object hierarchy, read:

references/getting-started.md — setup, env vars, headless, list/dict data structures

references/object-map.md — how to navigate from one object to another

How to find what you need

Working with a specific object (Timeline, MediaPool, …) → references/api/<Object>.md

Render/export settings, constants, property dicts → references/settings/<Name>.md

A method that no longer exists or moved → references/deprecated.md

Version markers (> New in X.Y.Z) inside each file tell you when a method was added.

Index

API Objects

Settings & Constants