# View filters from app plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/view-filters-from-app-plugin/123628>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 12, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/view-filters-from-app-plugin/123628 "2018-03-12T20:28:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![deadPix3l](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/deadpix3l/32/28707_2.png) [@deadPix3l](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/deadPix3l)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/view-filters-from-app-plugin/123628/1 "2018-03-12T20:28:30Z")

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I am developing an app plugin, which needs to view the currently pinned filters, do some processing on those, and send them to another service for correlation. I have found tutorials and guides on adding a filter (mostly from visualization development guides) but nothing on retrieving which filters are currently applied. Is this possible? if so, what do i need to import to expose these filters to my app? If not, feature request? I'd even be willing to help implement it with a bit of help navigating the code base.

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/view-filters-from-app-plugin/123628/2 "2018-03-12T21:21:10Z")

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@deadPix3l I'd suggest you look at the existing filter bar to see how we retrieve all of the existing filters [here])([https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/src/ui/public/filter\_bar/filter\_bar.js#L138](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/src/ui/public/filter_bar/filter_bar.js#L138)). You are venturing into "unsupported APIs" that could potentially change in a minor since they are not publicly documented or exposes; however, it's the only way to get what you're looking for at this point.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/view-filters-from-app-plugin/123628/3 "2018-04-09T21:21:34Z")

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