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+import logging
+
+import scriptsmenu
+from .vendor.Qt import QtWidgets
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _hiero_main_window():
+    print("YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH")
+    """Return Nuke's main window"""
+    for obj in QtWidgets.QApplication.topLevelWidgets():
+        if (obj.inherits('QMainWindow') and
+                obj.metaObject().className() == 'Foundry::UI::DockMainWindow'):
+            return obj
+    raise RuntimeError('Could not find HieroWindow instance')
+
+
+def _hiero_main_menubar():
+    """Retrieve the main menubar of the Nuke window"""
+    hiero_window = _hiero_main_window()
+    menubar = [i for i in hiero_window.children() if isinstance(
+        i,
+        QtWidgets.QMenuBar
+    )]
+
+    assert len(menubar) == 1, "Error, could not find menu bar!"
+    return menubar[0]
+
+
+def find_scripts_menu(title, parent):
+    """
+    Check if the menu exists with the given title in the parent
+
+    Args:
+        title (str): the title name of the scripts menu
+
+        parent (QtWidgets.QMenuBar): the menubar to check
+
+    Returns:
+        QtWidgets.QMenu or None
+
+    """
+
+    menu = None
+    search = [i for i in parent.children() if
+              isinstance(i, scriptsmenu.ScriptsMenu)
+              and i.title() == title]
+    if search:
+        assert len(search) < 2, ("Multiple instances of menu '{}' "
+                                 "in menu bar".format(title))
+        menu = search[0]
+
+    return menu
+
+
+def main(title="Scripts", parent=None, objectName=None):
+    """Build the main scripts menu in Maya
+
+    Args:
+        title (str): name of the menu in the application
+
+        parent (QtWidgets.QtMenuBar): the parent object for the menu
+
+        objectName (str): custom objectName for scripts menu
+
+    Returns:
+        scriptsmenu.ScriptsMenu instance
+
+    """
+    hieromainbar = parent or _hiero_main_menubar()
+    try:
+        # check menu already exists
+        menu = find_scripts_menu(title, hieromainbar)
+        if not menu:
+            log.info("Attempting to build menu ...")
+            object_name = objectName or title.lower()
+            menu = scriptsmenu.ScriptsMenu(title=title,
+                                           parent=hieromainbar,
+                                           objectName=object_name)
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error(e)
+        return
+
+    return menu