How to Retrieve the "Edited" Status via the SDK

@johnrellis @C.Cella
Using the findPhotos method, I was able to successfully filter by the edited status!
Thank you so much for pulling me out of the maze.

To be honest, just before receiving your replies, I was considering using Smart Collections for this.
However, since Smart Collections can't be applied to a new catalog with a single click (they have to be created manually), I saw that as a limitation.

I’m truly grateful to both of you for your guidance!

@suzukuretsuki_3442 

@johnrellis said it all but if I my add something the SDK Manual also provides a quite clever method to figure out any search criteria that is available to Smart Collections

1. Create a Smart Collection in Lightroom Classic with the criteria of your choice.

2. Right click the resulting smart collection in the panel and choose “Export Smart Collection

Settings.” ...export to a location of your choice

3. Open the resulting .lrsmcol file in a text editor.

Many search criteria are not documented at all but are available to the SDK and this is a way to figure them out...or ask John 😉

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Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with this duplicate post:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/how-to-retrieve-the-quot-edited-quot-status-via-the-sdk/m-p/15419285

Hello,
I’m a student based in Japan, currently building a Lightroom Classic plugin using SDK version 14.0.
Please note that this post has been translated using a translation tool—my apologies if any parts sound unnatural.

In my plugin, I want to process only the images in the catalog that have been edited. However, I’m not sure how to retrieve the "edited" status (or flag?) through the SDK.

As a temporary workaround, I’ve been using the editCount value obtained via getRawMetadata. But this includes images that have only had metadata changes, such as rating or comments, which I would like to exclude.

Is there any way to access the same "Edited" status as seen in Smart Collections or the Library Filter via the SDK? Or alternatively, is there a way to replicate that functionality programmatically?

1. I’d appreciate any ideas or guidance. Thank you!