ee.ImageCollection.get

  • The get() method extracts a specified property from an Earth Engine Feature or ImageCollection.

  • Properties can be set on collections using the set() method, accepting dictionaries or key-value pairs.

  • Retrieved property values may need to be explicitly cast to their respective data types (ee.Number, ee.String, etc.) for use in computations.

  • The examples demonstrate creating an ImageCollection, setting properties, and retrieving them using get(), getString(), getNumber(), and getArray().

 Extract a property from a feature.

UsageReturns
ImageCollection.get(property)
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: objectElementThe feature to extract the property from.
propertyStringThe property to extract.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// A contrived, empty image collection for simple demonstration.
var col = ee.ImageCollection([]);
print('Collection without properties', col);

// Set collection properties using a dictionary.
col = col.set({
  project_name: 'biomass_tracking',
  project_id: 3,
  plot_ids: ee.Array([7, 11, 20])
});

// Set collection properties using a series of key-value pairs.
col = col.set('project_year', 2018,
              'rgb_vis', 'false_color');

print('Collection with properties', col);

// Get a dictionary of collection property keys and values.
print('Property keys and values (ee.Dictionary)', col.toDictionary());

// Get the value of a collection property. To use the result of
// ee.ImageCollection.get in further computation, you need to cast it to the
// appropriate class, for example, ee.Number(result) or ee.String(result).
print('Project ID (ambiguous object)', col.get('project_id'));

// Get the value of a string collection property as an ee.String object.
print('Project name (ee.String)', col.getString('project_name'));

// Get the value of a numeric collection property as an ee.Number object.
print('Project year (ee.Number)', col.getNumber('project_year'));

// Get the value of an ee.Array collection property as an ee.Array object.
print('Plot IDs (ee.Array)', col.getArray('plot_ids'));

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

import ee
import geemap.core as geemap

Colab (Python)

from pprint import pprint

# A contrived, empty image collection for simple demonstration.
col = ee.ImageCollection([])
print('Collection without properties:')
pprint(col.getInfo())

# Set collection properties using a dictionary.
col = col.set({
    'project_name': 'biomass_tracking',
    'project_id': 3,
    'plot_ids': ee.Array([7, 11, 20])
})

# Set collection properties using a series of key-value pairs.
col = col.set('project_year', 2018,
              'rgb_vis', 'false_color')

print('Collection with properties:')
pprint(col.getInfo())

# Get a dictionary of collection property keys and values.
print('Property keys and values (ee.Dictionary):')
pprint(col.toDictionary().getInfo())

# Get the value of a collection property. To use the result of
# ee.ImageCollection.get in further computation, you need to cast it to the
# appropriate class, for example, ee.Number(result) or ee.String(result).
print('Project ID (ambiguous object):', col.get('project_id').getInfo())

# Get the value of a string collection property as an ee.String object.
print('Project name (ee.String):', col.getString('project_name').getInfo())

# Get the value of a numeric collection property as an ee.Number object.
print('Project year (ee.Number):', col.getNumber('project_year').getInfo())

# Get the value of an ee.Array collection property as an ee.Array object.
print('Plot IDs (ee.Array):', col.getArray('plot_ids').getInfo())