# Ignition-api v8.1.18.post2 and ignition-api-stubs v8.1.18a4 are out

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-api-v8-1-18-post2-and-ignition-api-stubs-v8-1-18a4-are-out/61705>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, scripting\
**Created:** [July 9, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-api-v8-1-18-post2-and-ignition-api-stubs-v8-1-18a4-are-out/61705 "2022-07-09T23:32:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![thecesrom.git](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@thecesrom.git](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thecesrom.git)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-api-v8-1-18-post2-and-ignition-api-stubs-v8-1-18a4-are-out/61705/1 "2022-07-09T23:32:27Z")

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First, I would like to announce the release of ignition-api 8.1.18.post2.

This new release comes with significant improvements on [type hints](https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cheat_sheet.html), which would assist Developers by analyzing their code when using IDEs like PyCharm or tools like [`mypy`](https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/), which takes me to the second part of this announcement.

Thanks to @justin.brzozoski for his interest in using `mypy` (see [original post](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-mypy-or-other-static-type-checking-on-ignition-jython-scripts/)) I have created the `ignition-api-stubs` package which you can install on a Python 3.6+ environment (I’d recommend creating a virtual environment for this), and run code analysis on your scripting projects.

You may find instructions on how to install these packages on their corresponding README files.

> **[GitHub - ignition-api/8.1: 📦 Package for the Ignition Scripting API version 8.1](https://github.com/ignition-api/8.1)**
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> 📦 Package for the Ignition Scripting API version 8.1 - GitHub - ignition-api/8.1: 📦 Package for the Ignition Scripting API version 8.1

> **[GitHub - ignition-api/stubs: Collection of stubs for ignition-api/8.1](https://github.com/ignition-api/stubs)**
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> Collection of stubs for ignition-api/8.1. Contribute to ignition-api/stubs development by creating an account on GitHub.

If you’ve got questions, comments, feature requests, or any other thing you’d like to share, please visit our discussions for all things `ignition-api` 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, and stubs [here](https://github.com/ignition-api/discussions/discussions).

Happy coding!