box-node-sdk

FolderMetadataManager

• List metadata instances on folder
• Get metadata instance on folder
• Create metadata instance on folder
• Update metadata instance on folder
• Remove metadata instance from folder

List metadata instances on folder

Retrieves all metadata for a given folder. This can not be used on the root folder with ID 0.

This operation is performed by calling function getFolderMetadata.

See the endpoint docs at API Reference.

await client.folderMetadata.getFolderMetadata(folder.id);

Arguments

• folderId string
  • 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. Example: “12345”
• optionalsInput GetFolderMetadataOptionalsInput

Returns

This function returns a value of type Metadatas.

Returns all the metadata associated with a folder.

This API does not support pagination and will therefore always return all of the metadata associated to the folder.

Get metadata instance on folder

Retrieves the instance of a metadata template that has been applied to a folder. This can not be used on the root folder with ID 0.

This operation is performed by calling function getFolderMetadataById.

See the endpoint docs at API Reference.

await client.folderMetadata.getFolderMetadataById(
  folder.id,
  'global' as GetFolderMetadataByIdScope,
  'properties',
);

Arguments

• folderId string
  • 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. Example: “12345”
• scope GetFolderMetadataByIdScope
  • The scope of the metadata template. Example: “global”
• templateKey string
  • The name of the metadata template. Example: “properties”
• optionalsInput GetFolderMetadataByIdOptionalsInput

Returns

This function returns a value of type MetadataFull.

An instance of the metadata template that includes additional “key:value” pairs defined by the user or an application.

Create metadata instance on folder

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.

This operation is performed by calling function createFolderMetadataById.

See the endpoint docs at API Reference.

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'],
  },
);

Arguments

• folderId string
  • 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. Example: “12345”
• scope CreateFolderMetadataByIdScope
  • The scope of the metadata template. Example: “global”
• templateKey string
  • The name of the metadata template. Example: “properties”
• requestBody CreateFolderMetadataByIdRequestBody
  • Request body of createFolderMetadataById method
• optionalsInput CreateFolderMetadataByIdOptionalsInput

Returns

This function returns a value of type MetadataFull.

Returns the instance of the template that was applied to the folder, including the data that was applied to the template.

Update metadata instance on folder

Updates a piece of metadata on a folder.

The metadata instance can only be updated if the template has already been applied to the folder before. When editing metadata, only values that match the metadata template schema will be accepted.

The update is applied atomically. If any errors occur during the application of the operations, the metadata instance will not be changed.

This operation is performed by calling function updateFolderMetadataById.

See the endpoint docs at API Reference.

await client.folderMetadata.updateFolderMetadataById(
  folder.id,
  'enterprise' as UpdateFolderMetadataByIdScope,
  templateKey,
  [
    {
      op: 'replace' as UpdateFolderMetadataByIdRequestBodyOpField,
      path: '/name',
      value: 'Jack',
    } satisfies UpdateFolderMetadataByIdRequestBody,
    {
      op: 'replace' as UpdateFolderMetadataByIdRequestBodyOpField,
      path: '/age',
      value: 24,
    } satisfies UpdateFolderMetadataByIdRequestBody,
    {
      op: 'replace' as UpdateFolderMetadataByIdRequestBodyOpField,
      path: '/birthDate',
      value: '2000-01-03T02:20:50.520Z',
    } satisfies UpdateFolderMetadataByIdRequestBody,
    {
      op: 'replace' as UpdateFolderMetadataByIdRequestBodyOpField,
      path: '/countryCode',
      value: 'CA',
    } satisfies UpdateFolderMetadataByIdRequestBody,
    {
      op: 'replace' as UpdateFolderMetadataByIdRequestBodyOpField,
      path: '/sports',
      value: ['football'],
    } satisfies UpdateFolderMetadataByIdRequestBody,
  ],
);

Arguments

• folderId string
  • 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. Example: “12345”
• scope UpdateFolderMetadataByIdScope
  • The scope of the metadata template. Example: “global”
• templateKey string
  • The name of the metadata template. Example: “properties”
• requestBody readonly UpdateFolderMetadataByIdRequestBody[]
  • Request body of updateFolderMetadataById method
• optionalsInput UpdateFolderMetadataByIdOptionalsInput

Returns

This function returns a value of type MetadataFull.

Returns the updated metadata template instance, with the custom template data included.

Remove metadata instance from folder

Deletes a piece of folder metadata.

This operation is performed by calling function deleteFolderMetadataById.

See the endpoint docs at API Reference.

await client.folderMetadata.deleteFolderMetadataById(
  folder.id,
  'enterprise' as DeleteFolderMetadataByIdScope,
  templateKey,
);

Arguments

• folderId string
  • 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. Example: “12345”
• scope DeleteFolderMetadataByIdScope
  • The scope of the metadata template. Example: “global”
• templateKey string
  • The name of the metadata template. Example: “properties”
• optionalsInput DeleteFolderMetadataByIdOptionalsInput

Returns

This function returns a value of type undefined.

Returns an empty response when the metadata is successfully deleted.

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