# Retrieving Guest and Common Entrances

You can retrieve lists of entrances. You may want to display entrances categorized by type to provide more context to your app users. To fetch only guest or common entrances, filter using the `visionline_metadata.door_category` property for entrances. The value for this property is set within the Visionline ACS.

## Fetch Guest Entrances

To fetch only guest entrances, filter entrances to include only those with a `visionline_metadata.properties.door_category` of `guest`.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
all_entrances = seam.acs.entrances.list(
  acs_system_id=acs_system.acs_system_id
)

# Filter for entrances with the guest entrance category type.
guest_entrance_category_types = ["guest"]

def filter_entrances_by_profile_type(entrance_list, category_types):
    guest_entrances = []
    for entrance in entrance_list:
        if entrance["visionline_metadata"]["door_category"] in category_types:
            guest_entrances.append(entrance)
    return guest_entrances

guest_entrances = filter_entrances_by_profile_type(
    all_entrances,
    guest_entrance_category_types
)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

***

## Fetch Common Entrances

To fetch only common entrances, filter entrances to include only those with a `visionline_metadata.properties.door_category` of `common` or `common (PMS)`.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
all_entrances = seam.acs.entrances.list(
  acs_system_id=acs_system.acs_system_id
)

# Filter for entrances with the common entrance category types.
common_entrance_category_types = ["common", "common (PMS)"]

def filter_entrances_by_profile_type(entrance_list, category_types):
    common_entrances = []
    for entrance in entrance_list:
        if entrance["visionline_metadata"]["door_category"] in category_types:
            common_entrances.append(entrance)
    return common_entrances

common_entrances = filter_entrances_by_profile_type(
    all_entrances,
    common_entrance_category_types
)
```

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{% endtabs %}


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.seam.co/latest/device-and-system-integration-guides/assa-abloy-visionline-access-control-system/configuring-visionline-mobile-credentials/retrieving-guest-and-common-entrances.md?ask=<question>
```

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The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.