# Create filter for "annotated by" in SDK
**URL:** https://community.labelstud.io/t/create-filter-for-annotated-by-in-sdk/399
**Category:** Label Studio Support
**Created:** [November 5, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.labelstud.io/t/create-filter-for-annotated-by-in-sdk/399 "2024-11-05T21:41:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Rpiche](https://community.labelstud.io/u/Rpiche)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.labelstud.io/t/create-filter-for-annotated-by-in-sdk/399/1 "2024-11-05T21:41:16Z")
Hi all,
I’m trying to do something seemingly simple, but I cannot find any reference for it online.
I’d like to create a view from the SDK where images annotated by a certain user would be shown.
I’m looking for a solution that would look like this:
```python
filters = []
filters.append(Filters.item(Column.updated_by, Operator.CONTAINS, Type.String, Filters.value("userhandle1")))
full_filter = Filters.create("and", filters)
tasks = ls.project.get_tasks(full_filter)
```
I can’t seem to figure it out.
Thanks a lot!
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### Author:  [@makseq](https://community.labelstud.io/u/makseq)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://community.labelstud.io/t/create-filter-for-annotated-by-in-sdk/399/2 "2024-11-07T03:37:27Z")
Hello,
To filter tasks annotated by a specific user using the Label Studio SDK, you can use the `Column.annotators` field. This field represents the list of annotator IDs who have annotated each task. Here’s how you can achieve this:
```auto
from label_studio_sdk import Client
from label_studio_sdk.data_manager import Filters, Column, Operator, Type
# Initialize the Label Studio SDK Client
LABEL_STUDIO_URL = 'https://your-label-studio-url.com' # Replace with your Label Studio URL
API_KEY = 'your-api-key' # Replace with your API key
ls = Client(url=LABEL_STUDIO_URL, api_key=API_KEY)
ls.check_connection()
# Get the project
project_id = YOUR_PROJECT_ID # Replace with your project ID
project = ls.get_project(project_id)
# Get the user ID for 'userhandle1'
users = ls.get_users()
user_id = None
for user in users:
if user.email == 'userhandle1' or user.first_name == 'userhandle1':
user_id = user.id
break
if user_id is None:
print('User not found')
exit()
# Create filter to get tasks where 'annotators' contains the user_id
filters = Filters.create(
Filters.AND,
[
Filters.item(
Column.annotators,
Operator.CONTAINS,
Type.Number,
Filters.value(user_id)
)
]
)
# Retrieve tasks with the filter
tasks = project.get_tasks(filters=filters)
# Output the task IDs or any other desired information
for task in tasks:
print(f"Task ID: {task['id']}")
```
**Explanation:**
- **Retrieve User ID:**
- We fetch all users using `ls.get_users()`.
- We search for the user with the email or first name matching `'userhandle1'` to get their `user_id`.
- **Create Filter:**
- We use the `Column.annotators` column, which contains a list of annotators’ IDs for each task.
- We use `Operator.CONTAINS` to check if the `annotators` list includes the `user_id`.
- The `Type.Number` is used because `user_id` is a numerical value.
- **Retrieve Tasks:**
- We apply the filter using `project.get_tasks(filters=filters)` to get all tasks annotated by the specific user.
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### Author:  [@Rpiche](https://community.labelstud.io/u/Rpiche)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.labelstud.io/t/create-filter-for-annotated-by-in-sdk/399/3 "2024-11-18T17:42:16Z")
Got it.
Now, the UI of LabelStudio allows for two different user filter:
- Annotated by
- Updated by
Using `Column.annotators` seems to only consider the former. I’m trying to understand how to filter based on the latter.
In the tasks retrieved by `project.get_tasks(...)`, there seems to be a field `'updated_by': [{'user_id': 4}]`, but I haven’t figured out how to access this through a filter.
Thanks again,
Best
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### Author:  [@Rpiche](https://community.labelstud.io/u/Rpiche)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.labelstud.io/t/create-filter-for-annotated-by-in-sdk/399/4 "2024-11-18T17:51:29Z")
Answer: The filter needed here is `Filters.item("tasks:updated_by_id", Operator.EQUAL, Type.Number, Filters.value(userid))`
There’s no attribute in `class Column` to retrieve it though.