Create and list projects

In this tutorial you will learn how to work with projects using Encord's Python SDK.

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Note

Make sure that you have a public-private key pair that you've authenticated with Encord before you start.

Creating projects

New projects are created using the create_project() method. create_project() returns a unique ID known as the <project_hash> of the created project, and the user that calls this method automatically becomes the admin of the project.

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Projects cannot be deleted using the SDK or the API. Use the Encord platform to delete projects.

# Import dependencies
from encord.user_client import EncordUserClient

#Authenticate using the path to your private key
user_client = EncordUserClient.create_with_ssh_private_key(ssh_private_key_path='<private_key_path>')

# Create a project my specifying a title, the hashes of the datasets you'd like to attach, and a description
project_hash = user_client.create_project(
    "Example project title",
    ["<dataset_hash_1>", "<dataset_hash_2>"],
    "Example project description",
)

# Prints the hash of the project you've just created
print(project_hash)



# The <project_hash>
"046550d1-13fe-4052-ac99-e6a2d84f9b72"

Listing existing projects

You can query and list all the available projects for a given user. In the example below, a user authenticates with Encord and then fetches all projects available using the get_projects() method.


# Import dependencies
from encord.user_client import EncordUserClient

#Authenticate using the path to your private key
user_client = EncordUserClient.create_with_ssh_private_key(ssh_private_key_path="<private_key_path>")

# List existing projects
projects = user_client.get_projects()
print(projects)



[
    {
        "project": {
            "created_at": datetime.datetime(...),
            "description": "Example description",
            "last_edited_at": datetime.datetime(...),
            "project_hash": "<project_hash>",
            "title": "Example title"
        },
        "user_role": <ProjectUserRole.ADMIN: 0>
    },
    ...
]

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Tip

The get_projects() method has multiple optional arguments that allow you to perform a filtered search when querying projects. For example, if you only want projects with titles starting with “Validation”, you could use userclient.get_project(title_like="Validation%"). Other keyword arguments such as _created_before or edited_after may also be of interest.