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# Working with Metadata
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The Metadata APIs are a great tool to allow applications to automatically add
additional information to files and folders.
## Overview
This guide will take you through the following steps.
1. List all templates available to you.
2. Create a custom metadata template to hold data specific to your enterprise.
3. Apply a custom metadata template to a file, allowing you to assign custom data to a file.
4. Update metadata instance on a file, allowing you to change the data assigned to a file.
5. Update a metadata template and change the data applied to all instances of this template.
6. Create a query to find files by metadata and change the data applied to all instances of this template.
I am ready to get started
## Overview
This guide will take you through the following steps.
1. List all templates available to you.
2. Create a custom metadata template to hold data specific to your enterprise.
3. Apply a custom metadata template to a file, allowing you to assign custom data to a file.
4. Update metadata instance on a file, allowing you to change the data assigned to a file.
5. Update a metadata template and change the data applied to all instances of this template.
6. Create a query to find files by metadata and change the data applied to all instances of this template.