# How to copy the contents of a query field that is searched with admin rights and paste it into another text field' through API or other development

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**Category:** Flow Production Tracking\
**Tags:** python-api\
**Created:** [November 12, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/how-to-copy-the-contents-of-a-query-field-that-is-searched-with-admin-rights-and-paste-it-into-another-text-field-through-api-or-other-development/19447 "2024-11-12T06:10:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Halil](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/halil/32/4697_2.png) [@Halil](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Halil)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/how-to-copy-the-contents-of-a-query-field-that-is-searched-with-admin-rights-and-paste-it-into-another-text-field-through-api-or-other-development/19447/3 "2024-11-17T22:29:17Z")

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Hey @celina there’s a the possibility to query these using the API. See this thread: [API to get query field values](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/api-to-get-query-field-values/11263)

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