2 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Source/Python/WarpXWrappers.H b/Source/Python/WarpXWrappers.H
index 7cded8a89..9dbdb02db 100644
--- a/Source/Python/WarpXWrappers.H
+++ b/Source/Python/WarpXWrappers.H
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ extern "C" {
 
     long warpx_getNumParticles(const char* char_species_name, const bool local);
 
+    void warpx_convert_id_to_long (amrex::Long* ids, const WarpXParticleContainer::ParticleType* pstructs, int size);
+
+    void warpx_convert_cpu_to_int (int* cpus, const WarpXParticleContainer::ParticleType* pstructs, int size);
+
     amrex::ParticleReal** warpx_getParticleStructs(
         const char* char_species_name, int lev, int* num_tiles,
         int** particles_per_tile);
diff --git a/Source/Python/WarpXWrappers.cpp b/Source/Python/WarpXWrappers.cpp
index 61909cff7..bbcc26daf 100644
--- a/Source/Python/WarpXWrappers.cpp
+++ b/Source/Python/WarpXWrappers.cpp
@@ -488,6 +488,42 @@ namespace
         return data;
     }
 
+    void warpx_convert_id_to_long (amrex::Long* ids, const WarpXParticleContainer::ParticleType* pstructs, int size)
+    {
+        amrex::Long* d_ptr = nullptr;
+#ifdef AMREX_USE_GPU
+        amrex::Gpu::DeviceVector<amrex::Long> d_ids(size);
+        d_ptr = d_ids.data();
+#else
+        d_ptr = ids;
+#endif
+        amrex::ParallelFor(size, [=] AMREX_GPU_DEVICE (int i) noexcept
+        {
+            d_ptr[i] = pstructs[i].id();
+        });
+#ifdef AMREX_USE_GPU
+        amrex::Gpu::dtoh_memcpy(ids, d_ptr, size*sizeof(amrex::Long));
+#endif
+    }
+
+    void warpx_convert_cpu_to_int (int* cpus, const WarpXParticleContainer::ParticleType* pstructs, int size)
+    {
+        int* d_ptr = nullptr;
+#ifdef AMREX_USE_GPU
+        amrex::Gpu::DeviceVector<int> d_cpus(size);
+        d_ptr = d_cpus.data();
+#else
+        d_ptr = cpus;
+#endif
+        amrex::ParallelFor(size, [=] AMREX_GPU_DEVICE (int i) noexcept
+        {
+            d_ptr[i] = pstructs[i].cpu();
+        });
+#ifdef AMREX_USE_GPU
+        amrex::Gpu::dtoh_memcpy(cpus, d_ptr, size*sizeof(int));
+#endif
+    }
+
     int warpx_getParticleCompIndex (
          const char* char_species_name, const char* char_comp_name )
     {