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Register now!Applies an instance of a metadata template to a folder.
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.
To display the metadata template in the Box web app the enterprise needs to be configured to enable Cascading Folder Level Metadata for the user in the admin console.
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
.
global
The scope of the metadata template
Value is one of global
,enterprise
properties
The name of the metadata template
"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 in the template.
Returns the instance of the template that was applied to the folder, 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 an enum
or multiSelect
field.Returns an error when the folder or metadata template was not found.
not_found
- The folder could not be found, or the user does not have
access to the folder.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 folder.
tuple_already_exists
- An instance of them metadata template already
exists on the file.An unexpected client error.
curl -i -X POST "https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/4353455/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.folderMetadata.createFolderMetadataById(
folder.id,
'enterprise' as CreateFolderMetadataByIdScope,
templateKey,
{
['name']: 'John',
['age']: 23,
['birthDate']: '2001-01-03T02:20:50.520Z',
['countryCode']: 'US',
['sports']: ['basketball', 'tennis'],
},
);
client.folder_metadata.create_folder_metadata_by_id(
folder.id,
CreateFolderMetadataByIdScope.ENTERPRISE.value,
template_key,
{
"name": "John",
"age": 23,
"birthDate": "2001-01-03T02:20:50.520Z",
"countryCode": "US",
"sports": ["basketball", "tennis"],
},
)
await client.FolderMetadata.CreateFolderMetadataByIdAsync(folderId: folder.Id, scope: CreateFolderMetadataByIdScope.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.folderMetadata.createFolderMetadataById(folderId: folder.id, scope: CreateFolderMetadataByIdScope.global, templateKey: "properties", requestBody: ["abc": "xyz"])
BoxFolder folder = new BoxFolder(api, "id");
folder.createMetadata(new Metadata().add("/foo", "bar"));
metadata = {
'foo': 'bar',
'baz': 'quux',
}
applied_metadata = client.folder(folder_id='22222').metadata().create(metadata)
print(f'Applied metadata in instance ID {applied_metadata["$id"]}')
var metadataValues = new Dictionary<string, object>()
{
{ "audience", "internal" },
{ "documentType", "Q1 plans" },
{ "competitiveDocument", "no" },
{ "status", "active" },
{ "author": "M. Jones" },
{ "currentState": "proposal" }
};
Dictionary<string, object> metadata = await client.MetadataManager
.CreateFolderMetadataAsync(folderId: "11111", metadataValues, "enterprise", "marketingCollateral");
var metadataValues = {
audience: "internal",
documentType: "Q1 plans",
competitiveDocument: "no",
status: "active",
author: "Jones",
currentState: "proposal"
};
client.folders.addMetadata('11111', client.metadata.scopes.ENTERPRISE, "marketingCollateral", metadataValues)
.then(metadata => {
/* metadata -> {
audience: 'internal',
documentType: 'Q1 plans',
competitiveDocument: 'no',
status: 'active',
author: 'Jones',
currentState: 'proposal',
'$type': 'marketingCollateral-d086c908-2498-4d3e-8a1f-01e82bfc2abe',
'$parent': 'folder_11111',
'$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(
forFolderWithId: "22222",
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")
}
{
"$canEdit": true,
"$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
}