### Author:  [@majo\_vlas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/majo_vlas)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-the-source-properties-programmatically/3398/1 "2020-01-24T15:26:40Z")
If I obtain a source programmatically, is there a way to get the name of the source, if it is in “show” or “hide” mode, and the properties in general.
Example, I have
```auto
activeSource = GetActiveSource()
print(activeSource)
```
I get
``
How do I extract info from the object?
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-the-source-properties-programmatically/3398/2 "2020-01-24T15:58:14Z")
Here is a one-liner to do this:
```python
[k for (k, v) in GetSources().items() if v == GetActiveSource()][0][0]
```
Background: The name is not an information property of the source - the server manager in ParaView keeps a dictionary from name/id to sources (and other proxies). This expression queries that dictionary.
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### Author:  [@majo\_vlas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/majo_vlas)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-the-source-properties-programmatically/3398/3 "2020-01-24T16:27:16Z")
Thanks a lot! That worked for getting the name.
But how can I get more info if a have an object like this:
`` ?
Info like for example, if the source is visible, it’s translate values, etc?
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-the-source-properties-programmatically/3398/4 "2020-01-24T16:51:33Z")
For properties of the source itself, you can use
```python
s = GetActiveSource()
s.ListProperties()
```
The property names are returned in a list of strings. Each property can be accessed as an attribute of the source, e.g.
```python
print(s.Radius)
```
To get display properties such as visibility, you have to get the representation of the source. You can list its properties the same way:
```python
d = Show(s)
d.ListProperties()
```
Those properties are accessible as attributes as well.
The [ParaView Guide](https://www.paraview.org/paraview-guide/) covers a lot of this. For reference of specific source types, see the [Python API docs](https://kitware.github.io/paraview-docs/latest/python/) and list of [Available readers, sources, writers, filters and animation cues](https://kitware.github.io/paraview-docs/latest/python/paraview.servermanager_proxies.html).
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### Author:  [@majo\_vlas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/majo_vlas)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-the-source-properties-programmatically/3398/5 "2020-01-24T17:01:52Z")
Great! Thanks.