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I try to rotate and translate objects and then insert a keyframe by calling the function below:

def set_keyframe(frame_no, x, y, rotation_z, object_id):

    # change frame
    bpy.context.scene.frame_current = frame_no  

    # select the object
    currentObject = bpy.data.objects[object_id]
    currentObject.select = True

    # translate and insert keyframe
    currentObject.location.x = x
    currentObject.location.y = y
    currentObject.keyframe_insert('location')

I could manage to translate the object, however I couldn't find out how to perform the rotation operation. I am just trying to rotate around z axis. I tried to do it using the object's matrix_world in order to simultaneously translate and rotate the object, as suggested here and here. However, I couldn't manage it. Any help, which may not necessarily use the matrix_world, would be appreciated!

P.S. my objects are scaled.

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If you don't want to manipulate matrix_world you have to check the rotation_mode of the object first and set the corresponding value accordingly.

import bpy
import math
import mathutils

obj = bpy.context.active_object
eul = mathutils.Euler((0.0, math.radians(45.0), 0.0), 'XYZ')

if obj.rotation_mode == "QUATERNION":
    obj.rotation_quaternion = eul.to_quaternion()
elif obj.rotation_mode == "AXIS_ANGLE":
    q = eul.to_quaternion()
    obj.rotation_axis_angle[0]  = q.angle
    obj.rotation_axis_angle[1:] = q.axis
else:
    obj.rotation_euler = eul if eul.order == obj.rotation_mode else(
        eul.to_quaternion().to_euler(obj.rotation_mode))
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  • $\begingroup$ I have just noticed that the issue was due to a constraint I previously defined. It didn't allow any rotation around z-axis. But thanks a lot for your reply, now I see how to do it without manipulating 'matrix_world' $\endgroup$ Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 13:22
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same with matrices

import bpy
import math
import mathutils

obj = bpy.context.active_object
eul = mathutils.Euler((0.0, math.radians(45.0), 0.0), 'XYZ')
#eul.to_matrix is 3x3 but we need 4x4 to multiply with matrix_world 
R = eul.to_matrix().to_4x4()
mw = obj.matrix_world
mw @= R
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