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Totally agree. Some time ago I also ran Blender headless with a script to render 'product shots' of a product that is available in over hundred different combinations. What is also very nice is that you can turn on API hints when you navigate over an element in the GUI. So you can quickly learn how to access or manipulate data.

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Yeah you can also have it print the python command called for every action you take in the GUI

Could you point me to some documentation for this? This has been the only hindrance for me to automate things without digging into the documentation myself

You can use the `--debug-wm` flag for that. CTRL+C when hovering a button also copies it's API action. https://docs.blender.org/api/current/info_tips_and_tricks.ht...

You can either switch to the "scripting" tab or just add/change any window to the "Scripting > Info" window. I personally change the animation timeline window to the info window on the main "Layout" tab since I don't do animations.

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