# Extracting node set and element set information from Exodus file
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-node-set-and-element-set-information-from-exodus-file/15385
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** exodus, python
**Created:** [September 13, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-node-set-and-element-set-information-from-exodus-file/15385 "2024-09-13T16:09:44Z")
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### Author:  [@Jesse](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jesse)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-node-set-and-element-set-information-from-exodus-file/15385/1 "2024-09-13T16:09:44Z")
I’d like to get node set and element set information from an Exodus file using pvpython. I’m interested in both:
1. getting specific node/element IDs given the name of the set, and
2. getting data from a specific variable given the name of the set.
I’m using ExodusIIReader from paraview.simple, and I am able to get **all** field data from nodes and elements, but can’t seem to get at the node/element set information.
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### Author:  [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-node-set-and-element-set-information-from-exodus-file/15385/2 "2024-09-13T19:35:05Z")
Depending on what your specific needs are, you might try using the `exodus.py` module provided by SEACAS (the official project that owns the Exodus format).
- [SEACAS GitHub](https://github.com/sandialabs/seacas)
- [SEACAS — SEACAS 2024/08/17 documentation](https://sandialabs.github.io/seacas-docs/sphinx/html/index.html#exodus-python-modules)
- [exodus module — SEACAS 2024/08/17 documentation](https://sandialabs.github.io/seacas-docs/sphinx/html/exodus.html)