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Register now!Retrieves all metadata for a given folder. This can not be used on the root
folder with ID 0
.
12345
The unique identifier that represent a folder.
The ID for any folder can be determined
by visiting this folder in the web application
and copying the ID from the URL. For example,
for the URL https://*.app.box.com/folder/123
the folder_id
is 123
.
The root folder of a Box account is
always represented by the ID 0
.
Returns all the metadata associated with a folder.
This API does not support pagination and will therefore always return all of the metadata associated to the folder.
Returned when the request parameters are not valid.
forbidden
- this operation is not allowed on the Root folder.Returned when the user does not have access to the folder.
An unexpected client error.
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/4353455/metadata" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
await client.folderMetadata.getFolderMetadata(folder.id);
client.folder_metadata.get_folder_metadata(folder.id)
await client.FolderMetadata.GetFolderMetadataAsync(folderId: folder.Id);
BoxFolder file = new BoxFolder(api, "id");
Iterable<Metadata> metadataList = folder.getAllMetadata();
for (Metadata metadata : metadataList) {
// Do something with the metadata.
}
folder_metadata = client.folder(folder_id='22222').get_all_metadata()
for instance in folder_metadata:
if 'foo' in instance:
print(f'Metadata instance {instance["id"]} has value "{instance["foo"]}" for foo')
BoxMetadataTemplateCollection<Dictionary<string, object>> metadataInstances = await client.MetadataManager
.GetAllFolderMetadataTemplatesAsync(folderId: "11111");
client.folders.getAllMetadata('11111')
.then(metadata => {
/* metadata -> {
entries:
[ { currentDocumentStage: 'Init',
'$type': 'documentFlow-452b4c9d-c3ad-4ac7-b1ad-9d5192f2fc5f',
'$parent': 'folder_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',
'$parent': 'folder_11111',
'$id': '15d1014a-06c2-47ad-9916-014eab456194',
'$version': 2,
'$typeVersion': 1,
skuNumber: 45334223,
description: 'Watch',
'$template': 'productInfo',
'$scope': 'enterprise_12345' },
{ Popularity: '25',
'$type': 'properties',
'$parent': 'folder_11111',
'$id': 'b6f36cbc-fc7a-4eda-8889-130f350cc057',
'$version': 0,
'$typeVersion': 2,
'$template': 'properties',
'$scope': 'global' } ],
limit: 100 }
*/
});
client.metadata.list(forFolderId: "22222") { (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)")
}
}
{
"entries": [
{
"$parent": "folder_59449484661,",
"$template": "marketingCollateral",
"$scope": "enterprise_27335",
"$version": 1
}
],
"limit": 100
}