# Get selection cell IDs from Python

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-selection-cell-ids-from-python/9856
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [June 20, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-selection-cell-ids-from-python/9856 "2022-06-20T12:46:23Z")
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### Author: ![pindakaas](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/cab0a1/32.png) [@pindakaas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pindakaas)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-selection-cell-ids-from-python/9856/1 "2022-06-20T12:46:23Z")

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Within the Find Data window one can easily see the cell IDs belonging to a particular selection. Question is, how to access these IDs from Python?

 ![cell_id_paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d33ffe114ada9c3f4f1032b68ddc202ff4f68ac9.png)