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List metadata instances on file

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https://api.box.com/2.0
/files/:file_id/metadata

This endpoint is in the version 2024.0. No changes are required to continue using it. For more details, see Box API versioning.

Retrieves all metadata for a given file.

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Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json

Path Parameters

stringin pathrequired
12345

The unique identifier that represents a file.

The ID for any file can be determined by visiting a file in the web application and copying the ID from the URL. For example, for the URL https://*.app.box.com/files/123 the file_id is 123.

Response

application/jsonMetadata instances

Returns all the metadata associated with a file.

This API does not support pagination and will therefore always return all of the metadata associated to the file.

application/jsonClient error

Returned when the request parameters are not valid.

application/jsonClient error

Returned when the user does not have access to the file.

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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List metadata instances on file
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Request Example

cURL
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/files/12345/metadata" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
TypeScript Gen
await client.fileMetadata.getFileMetadata(file.id);
Python Gen
client.file_metadata.get_file_metadata(file.id)
.NET Gen
await client.FileMetadata.GetFileMetadataAsync(fileId: file.Id);
Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.fileMetadata.getFileMetadata(fileId: file.id)
Java
BoxFile file = new BoxFile(api, "id");
Iterable<Metadata> metadataList = file.getAllMetadata();
for (Metadata metadata : metadataList) {
    // Do something with the metadata.
}
Python
file_metadata = client.file(file_id='11111').get_all_metadata()
for instance in file_metadata:
    if 'foo' in instance:
        print(f'Metadata instance {instance["id"]} has value "{instance["foo"]}" for foo')
.NET
BoxMetadataTemplateCollection<Dictionary<string, object>> metadataInstances = await client.MetadataManager
    .GetAllFileMetadataTemplatesAsync(fileId: "11111");
Node
client.files.getAllMetadata('11111')
	.then(metadata => {
		/* metadata -> {
			entries: 
			[ { currentDocumentStage: 'Init',
				'$type': 'documentFlow-452b4c9d-c3ad-4ac7-b1ad-9d5192f2fc5f',
				'$parent': 'file_11111',
				'$id': '50ba0dba-0f89-4395-b867-3e057c1f6ed9',
				'$version': 4,
				'$typeVersion': 2,
				needsApprovalFrom: 'Smith',
				'$template': 'documentFlow',
				'$scope': 'enterprise_12345' },
				{ '$type': 'productInfo-9d7b6993-b09e-4e52-b197-e42f0ea995b9',
				'$parent': 'file_11111',
				'$id': '15d1014a-06c2-47ad-9916-014eab456194',
				'$version': 2,
				'$typeVersion': 1,
				skuNumber: 45334223,
				description: 'Watch',
				'$template': 'productInfo',
				'$scope': 'enterprise_12345' },
				{ Popularity: '25',
				'$type': 'properties',
				'$parent': 'file_11111',
				'$id': 'b6f36cbc-fc7a-4eda-8889-130f350cc057',
				'$version': 0,
				'$typeVersion': 2,
				'$template': 'properties',
				'$scope': 'global' } ],
			limit: 100 }
		*/
	});
iOS
client.metadata.list(forFileId: "11111") { (result: Result<[MetadataObject], BoxSDKError>) in
    guard case let .success(metadata) = result {
        print("Error retrieving metadata")
        return
    }

    print("Retrieved \(metadata.count) metadata instances:")
    for instance in metadata {
        print("- \(instance.template)")
    }
}

Response Example

{
  "entries": [
    {
      "$parent": "folder_59449484661,",
      "$scope": "enterprise_27335",
      "$template": "marketingCollateral",
      "$version": 1
    }
  ],
  "limit": 100
}