Getting layer by name using PyQGIS 3

Question

How do I get the layer by name using PyQGIS 3?

See https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/136861/getting-layer-by-name-in-pyqgis/136879#136879 — Germán Carrillo, Apr 10 '18 at 17:12

Kadir Şahbaz · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-12T11:32:35.057

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If you are sure there is one layer named LAYER_NAME, the shortest way:

layer = QgsProject.instance().mapLayersByName('LAYER_NAME')[0]

In that way, you can get a layer in a group layer.

print(layer)
# OUT: <qgis._core.QgsVectorLayer object at ...>

edited Feb 12 '20 at 11:32

answered Apr 10 '18 at 16:39

Kadir Şahbaz

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 03 '22 at 07:55

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listLayers = QgsProject.instance().mapLayersByName('layername')

Retrieve a list of matching registered layers by layer name.

edited Nov 03 '22 at 07:55

Taras

answered Apr 10 '18 at 18:41

Alfredo Garcia

2 Answers2