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Set Asset Metadata

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Update Asset Metadata is available as both a pgutil command and an HTTP Request, and will set or update the Content-Type or the user-defined metadata of an "item" (file or folder). The request body must have a Content-Type of application/json, and must contain a AssetItemMetadataUpdate JSON object.

Command Specification (CLI)

The assets metadata set command is used to return metadata for the specified asset item.

There are two commands available (custom, and cache), and each command has options that correspond to fields in an asset's metadata. See Custom Metadata to learn more.

Command Description Options
custom Sets a custom metadata field --key --value --include-in-http-response
cache Sets the cache header --type --value

For both commands --path option is always required. The --feed option is required if there is no default feed configured.

The --key and --value options are required for the custom command. The --value option is required for the cache command.

Updating an asset's custom metadata requires the asset directory (e.g. MyAssetDirectory), asset path (e.g. data-files/data.bin), the metadata key (e.g. myKey) and metadata value (e.g. myValue):

pgutil assets metadata set custom --path=data-files/data.bin --feed=myAssetDirectory --key=myKey --value=myValue

Updating an asset's cache header requires the asset directory (e.g. MyAssetDirectory), asset path (e.g. data-files/data.bin), the header type (e.g. TTL) and value (e.g. 60):

pgutil assets metadata set cache --path=data-files/data.bin --feed=myAssetDirectory --type=TTL --value=60

HTTP Request Specification

To update an item's metadata, simply POST to the URL with the AssetDirectoryName, path to the item and a a AssetItemMetadataUpdate object as the body.

GET /endpoints/«AssetDirectoryName»/metadata/«path_to_file»

HTTP Response Specification

Response Details
200 (Success) the file or folder's metadata will be updated
401 (Authentication Required) indicates a missing, unknown, or unauthorized API Key
404 (Item not Found) indicates that the file or folder does not exist