Remove Metadata By Tag

This REST API allows to remove metadata properties from the document choosing the properties by exact tag and category name.

cURL example

The following example demonstrates how to remove all metadata properties with the “Created” tag name.

# Get JSON Web Token
# Please get your Client Id and Client Secret from https://dashboard.groupdocs.cloud/applications.
curl -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/connect/token" \
  -X POST \
  -d "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=$CLIENT_ID&client_secret=$CLIENT_SECRET" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

# Example: remove metadata from a document
curl -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v1.0/metadata/remove" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $JWT_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "FileInfo": {
        "FilePath": "documents/input.docx",
        "StorageName": ""
    },
    "SearchCriteria": {
        "ExactTag": {
            "Name": "Created",
            "Category": "Time"
        }
    }
}'
# Get JSON Web Token
# Please get your Client Id and Client Secret from https://dashboard.groupdocs.cloud/applications.
curl.exe -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/connect/token" `
  -X POST `
  -d "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=$env:CLIENT_ID&client_secret=$env:CLIENT_SECRET" `
  -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" `
  -H "Accept: application/json"

# Example: remove metadata from a document
curl.exe -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v1.0/metadata/remove" `
  -X POST `
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" `
  -H "Accept: application/json" `
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $env:JWT_TOKEN" `
  -d "{
    'FileInfo': {
        'FilePath': 'documents\\input.docx',
        'StorageName': ''
    },
    'SearchCriteria': {
        'ExactTag': {
            'Name': 'Created',
            'Category': 'Time'
        }
    }
}"
:: Get JSON Web Token
:: Please get your Client Id and Client Secret from https://dashboard.groupdocs.cloud/applications.
curl -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/connect/token" ^
  -X POST ^
  -d "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=%CLIENT_ID%&client_secret=%CLIENT_SECRET%" ^
  -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" ^
  -H "Accept: application/json"

:: Example: remove metadata from a document
curl -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v1.0/metadata/remove" ^
  -X POST ^
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" ^
  -H "Accept: application/json" ^
  -H "Authorization: Bearer %JWT_TOKEN%" ^
  -d "{\"FileInfo\":{\"FilePath\":\"documents\\input.docx\",\"StorageName\":\"\"},\"SearchCriteria\":{\"ExactTag\":{\"Name\":\"Created\",\"Category\":\"Time\"}}}"
{
    "path": "metadata/remove_metadata/documents/input_docx/input.docx",
    "url": "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v1.0/metadata/storage/file/metadata/remove_metadata/documents/input_docx/input.docx",
    "removedCount": 1
}

SDK examples

Using an SDK (API client) is the quickest way for a developer to speed up the development. An SDK takes care of a lot of low-level details of making requests and handling responses and lets you focus on writing code specific to your particular project. Check out our GitHub repository for a complete list of GroupDocs.Metadata Cloud SDKs along with working examples, to get you started in no time. Please check Available SDKs article to learn how to add an SDK to your project.