How to select specific images for an image collection using metadata properties in Google Earth Engine?

Question

I am very new to Google Earth Engine. I want to create image collections with specific images that I have pre-selected. I think that maybe I should filter by metadata properties - either date or product_ID. It's not working and I need to figure out how to do it for many images.

A basic example of what I have tried:

var l8 = ee.ImageCollection('LANDSAT/LC08/C01/T1_SR').filterMetadata(
    'LANDSAT_ID',
    'equals',
    LT05_L1TP_225059_19840826_20170220_01_T1
);

or perhaps using system:time_start to filter by date in some way.

Answer 1

For selecting by date:

var l8 = ee.ImageCollection('LANDSAT/LC08/C01/T1_SR')
          .filterBounds(YOUR geometry)
          .filterDate('2018-08-18', '2019-08-19');

For selecting by IDs:

var l8= ee.ImageCollection('LANDSAT/LC08/C01/T1_SR')
          .filter(ee.Filter.inList('LANDSAT_ID',ee.List(['YOUR Landsat ID','YOUR Landsat ID'])));

Answer 2

I feel the answer provided by Lola in the comment section is much more easier. I am adding in this answer here for other's convenience.

Credits to @Lola,

Directly adding the Landsat images using the ID into an Image collection for each of the image you are interested.

var c = ee.ImageCollection([
  ee.Image('LANDSAT/LC08/C01/T1_SR/LC08_225059_20130826'),
  ee.Image('LANDSAT/LC08/C01/T1_SR/LC08_225059_20130911')]);