Create metadata instance on file
Applies an instance of a metadata template to a file.
In most cases only values that are present in the metadata template
will be accepted, except for the global.properties template which accepts
any key-value pair.
Request
Path Parameters
12345The 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.
globalThe scope of the metadata template
Value is one of global,enterprise
propertiesThe name of the metadata template
Request Body
"Aaron Levie"A value for each of the fields that are present
on the metadata template.
For the global.properties template this can be
a list of zero or more fields,
as this template allows for any generic key-value pairs
to be stored stored in the template.
Response
Returns the instance of the template that was applied to the file, including the data that was applied to the template.
Returns an error when the request body is not valid.
schema_validation_failed- The request body contains a value for a field that either does not exist, or for which the value or type does not match the expected field type. An example might be an unknown option for anenumormultiSelectfield.
Returns an error when the file or metadata template was not found.
not_found- The file could not be found, or the user does not have access to the file.instance_tuple_not_found- The metadata template was not found.
Returns an error when an instance of this metadata template is already present on the file.
tuple_already_exists- An instance of them metadata template already exists on the file.
An unexpected client error.
Request Example
curl -i -X POST "https://api.box.com/2.0/files/12345/metadata/enterprise_27335/blueprintTemplate" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{
"audience": "internal",
"documentType": "Q1 plans",
"competitiveDocument": "no",
"status": "active",
"author": "Jones",
"currentState": "proposal"
}'await client.fileMetadata.createFileMetadataById(
file.id,
'enterprise' as CreateFileMetadataByIdScope,
templateKey,
{
['name']: 'John',
['age']: 23,
['birthDate']: '2001-01-03T02:20:50.520Z',
['countryCode']: 'US',
['sports']: ['basketball', 'tennis'],
},
);client.file_metadata.create_file_metadata_by_id(
file.id,
CreateFileMetadataByIdScope.ENTERPRISE.value,
template_key,
{
"name": "John",
"age": 23,
"birthDate": "2001-01-03T02:20:50.520Z",
"countryCode": "US",
"sports": ["basketball", "tennis"],
},
)await client.FileMetadata.CreateFileMetadataByIdAsync(fileId: file.Id, scope: CreateFileMetadataByIdScope.Enterprise, templateKey: templateKey, requestBody: new Dictionary<string, object>() { { "name", "John" }, { "age", 23 }, { "birthDate", "2001-01-03T02:20:50.520Z" }, { "countryCode", "US" }, { "sports", Array.AsReadOnly(new [] {"basketball","tennis"}) } });try await client.fileMetadata.createFileMetadataById(fileId: file.id, scope: CreateFileMetadataByIdScope.global, templateKey: "properties", requestBody: ["abc": "xyz"])// Add property "foo" with value "bar" to the default metadata properties
BoxFile file = new BoxFile(api, "id");
file.createMetadata(new Metadata().add("/foo", "bar"));metadata = {
'foo': 'bar',
'baz': 'quux',
}
applied_metadata = client.file(file_id='11111').metadata().create(metadata)
print(f'Applied metadata in instance ID {applied_metadata["$id"]}')var metadataValues = new Dictionary<string, object>()
{
{ "audience", "internal" },
{ "documentType", "Q1 plans" },
{ "competitiveDocument", "no" },
{ "status", "active" },
{ "author": "M. Jones" },
{ "currentState": "proposal" }
};
Dictionary<string, object> metadata = await client.MetadataManager
.CreateFileMetadataAsync(fileId: "11111", metadataValues, "enterprise", "marketingCollateral");var metadataValues = {
audience: "internal",
documentType: "Q1 plans",
competitiveDocument: "no",
status: "active",
author: "Jones",
currentState: "proposal"
};
client.files.addMetadata('11111', client.metadata.scopes.ENTERPRISE, "marketingCollateral", metadataValues)
.then(metadata => {
/* metadata -> {
audience: 'internal',
documentType: 'Q1 plans',
competitiveDocument: 'no',
status: 'active',
author: 'Jones',
currentState: 'proposal',
'$type': 'marketingCollateral-d086c908-2498-4d3e-8a1f-01e82bfc2abe',
'$parent': 'file_11111',
'$id': '2094c584-68e1-475c-a581-534a4609594e',
'$version': 0,
'$typeVersion': 0,
'$template': 'marketingCollateral',
'$scope': 'enterprise_12345' }
*/
});let metadata = [
"name": "John Doe",
"birthday": "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"department": "Sales"
]
client.metadata.create(
forFileWithId: "11111",
scope: "enterprise",
templateKey: "personnelRecord",
keys: metadata
) { (result: Result<MetadataObject, BoxSDKError>) in
guard case let .success(metadata) = result {
print("Error adding metadata")
return
}
print("Successfully attached metadata")
}Response Example
{
"$canEdit": true,
"$id": "01234500-12f1-1234-aa12-b1d234cb567e",
"$parent": "folder_59449484661,",
"$scope": "enterprise_27335",
"$template": "marketingCollateral",
"$type": "properties-6bcba49f-ca6d-4d2a-a758-57fe6edf44d0",
"$typeVersion": 2,
"$version": 1
}