This REST API allows to set document metadata new values choosing properties with specified name.
cURL example
The following example demonstrates how to set metadata date and time information in all properties that may have names containing “Date” value.
# First get JSON Web Token# Please get your Client Id and Client Secret from https://dashboard.groupdocs.cloud/applications.# The credentials are read from environment variables CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET.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'# cURL example to join several documents into onecurl -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v1.0/metadata/set"\
-X POST \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
-H 'Accept: application/json'\
-H "Authorization: Bearer $JWT_TOKEN"\
-d '{
"FileInfo": {
"FilePath": "documents/input.docx",
"StorageName": ""
},
"Properties": [
{
"NewValue": "02-17-2020 11:27:04",
"Type": "DateTime",
"SearchCriteria": {
"NameOptions": {
"Value": "Date"
}
}
}
]
}'
# First get JSON Web Token# Credentials are read from environment variables CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET.curl.exe-v"https://api.groupdocs.cloud/connect/token"`-XPOST`-d"grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=$env:CLIENT_ID&client_secret=$env:CLIENT_SECRET"`-H"Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"`-H"Accept: application/json"# cURL example to join several documents into onecurl.exe-v"https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v1.0/metadata/set"`-XPOST`-H"Content-Type: application/json"`-H"Accept: application/json"`-H"Authorization: Bearer $env:JWT_TOKEN"`-d"{
'FileInfo': {
'FilePath': 'documents\\input.docx',
'StorageName': ''
},
'Properties': [
{
'NewValue': '02-17-2020 11:27:04',
'Type': 'DateTime',
'SearchCriteria': {
'NameOptions': {
'Value': 'Date'
}
}
}
]
}"
:: First get JSON Web Token:: Credentials are read from environment variables CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET.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":: cURL example to join several documents into onecurl -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v1.0/metadata/set"^
-X POST ^
-H "Content-Type: application/json"^
-H "Accept: application/json"^
-H "Authorization: Bearer %JWT_TOKEN%"^
-d "{\"FileInfo\":{\"FilePath\":\"documents\\input.docx\",\"StorageName\":\"\"},\"Properties\":[{\"NewValue\":\"02-17-2020 11:27:04\",\"Type\":\"DateTime\",\"SearchCriteria\":{\"NameOptions\":{\"Value\":\"Date\"}}}]}"
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.
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