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David M.112
9 years agoNew member | Level 1
metadata
i've been looking in the forum but i don't find it. My question is if with API's dropbox can i make an app that read and change the metadata of a file (pdf or office file as word or excell,...).
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David M.112
9 years agoNew member | Level 1
Yes, my question is about to set custom metadata for files that could be read via the API. I hope you can elevate this to a feature request.
Thanks!
- Greg-DB7 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
The Dropbox API now offers the ability to add arbitrary key/value data to Dropbox files via "file properties":
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#file_properties
If you're using an official SDK, there will also be corresponding methods for these endpoints.
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