REST API for Content Management 1.1

Assign Values to a Folder Metadata Collection

post

/documents/api/1.1/folders/{folderId}/metadata

Assign values to the fields in a specified folder metadata collection. You must assign a collection to a particular folder before you can assign values to the fields for the particular folder.

Note: To set a metadata value on a folder, you must have the contributor or manager role for that folder.

Metadata Inheritance:

Metadata fields assigned to a folder are available to all folders and files in the hierarchy beneath that folder. Similarly, the values you assign to those fields are inherited by all folders and files nested beneath that folder unless explicitly defined for a nested folder or file. Metadata values specified for a folder or file replace the inherited value for that folder and, by the same rules of inheritance, any folders or files in the hierarchy nested beneath that folder.

Request

Supported Media Types

application/json
application/xml

Path Parameters

folderId: Type: string

Required: true

Globally unique identifier (GUID) for the folder. If the referenced folder is the user's home folder, the value for folderId is self.

Header Parameters

accessToken: Type: string

Applink access token authorizing the current user to access this folder. This parameter is mandatory if appLinkID is used. It can be used as accessToken or AccessToken.
appLinkID: Type: string

Applink ID authorizing the current user to access this folder. Any time the parameter appLinkID is used, a parameter accessToken must be provided as well. To work, this applink must have at least the contributor role granted. It can be used as appLinkID or AppLinkID.

Body Parameter

The request body defines details of the assign values to metadata collection request. There are no required attributes.

Root Schema : FolderAssignValuesBody

Type: object

One or more field names. For example, you can reference the collection and field names independently:

{

"collection": "CollectionA,"

"FieldA1": "Value1,"

"FieldA2": "Value2"

}

Alternatively, you can specify the collection and field name with each field reference:

{

"CollectionA.FieldA1": "Value1,"

"CollectionA.FieldA2": "Value2"

}

For user personal collections, the collection name must start with Personal., such as Personal.MyCollection.

Response

Supported Media Types

application/json
application/xml

200 Response

The request was fulfilled.

Body

The response body includes information about the assign collection to a folder operation.

Root Schema : FolderCollectionResponse

The response body includes information about the assign collection to a folder operation.

Properties

errorCode: Type: string

An error code of zero (0) indicates no errors.
idList: Type: string

Globally unique identifier (GUID) of the original folder.
type: Type: string

Item type folder.

Example application/json


{
    "idList":"F94131468853B4845E0508854EE870070A1AA68C3354",
    "type":"folder",
    "errorCode":"0"
}

400 Response

Request parameters are not formatted correctly.

404 Response

Folder ID is not found.

Examples

The following example assigns specified string values to fields in the CollectionA metadata collection associated with the specified folder.

POST .../folders/F94131468853B4845E0508854EE870070A1AA68C3354/metadata

Request Header

None.

Request Body

{
    "collection": "CollectionA",
    "A1": "A1_value",
    "A2": "A2_value"
}

The following request body references the collection explicitly with each field reference.

{
    "CollectionA.A1": "A1_value",
    "CollectionA.A2": "A2_value"
}

HTTP Status Code

HTTP_STATUS = 200

JSON Response

{
  "errorCode": "0",
  "idList": "F94131468853B4845E0508854EE870070A1AA68C3354",
  "type": "folder"
}

Example 2

The following example assigns specified string values to fields in the Personal.CollectionA metadata collection associated with the specified folder.

POST .../folders/F94131468853B4845E0508854EE870070A1AA68C3354/metadata

Request Header

None.

Request Body

{
    "collection": "Personal.CollectionA",
    "A1": "personal-A1_value",
    "A2": "personal-A2_value"
}

The following request body references the collection explicitly with each field reference.

{
    "Personal.CollectionA.A1": "personal-A1_value",
    "Personal.CollectionA.A2": "personal-A2_value"
}

HTTP Status Code

HTTP_STATUS = 200

JSON Response

{
  "errorCode": "0",
  "idList": "F94131468853B4845E0508854EE870070A1AA68C3354",
  "type": "folder"
}

Example 3

The following example assigns specified string values to fields in the ApplinkCollection metadata collection associated with the specified folder. The example uses an applink ID because this folder is under a folder structure not owned by or shared with the current user. The applink ID and access token are submitted in the request header.

POST .../folders/FAD7A87F0613A0CBDD4DA521B5D17B95F47087F4E518/metadata

Request Header

appLinkID: LF5Bxj4TPo_p4n4qWn0tbKTicR2cTUJKv7X_ng9E7ry93rRuDokPqS1d6-wKwhb_wtcGYFDsI_cNMxeKQ-HR-FXQhiVoGRTYM_MPZY8qpICfYU94mmnMjM_cvsRhKMzc0NJgvwEJfqqDwPsAVrhc8cmg==
accessToken: 352FpiMmW66PeYI1Gh5b83I9CXRwZhLfYAu4TXdqpzD8uNKUBMZVVJ3ZvivUW8kQ

Request Body

{
    "collection": "ApplinkCollection",
    "appField1": "UserB_value_field1",
    "appField1": "UserB_value_field2"
}

HTTP Status Code

HTTP_STATUS = 200

JSON Response

{
    "errorCode": "0",
    "idList": "FAD7A87F0613A0CBDD4DA521B5D17B95F47087F4E518",
    "type": "folder"
}