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litemotiv
New member | Level 2
6 years ago
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Videos losing media_info in list_folder

A number of mp4 files that have been unmodified for a few months and which used to show metadata, have started losing their media_info and are now showing the 'file' tag when retrieved through the AP...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    6 years ago

    litemotiv The 'media_info' functionality on /2/files/list_folder was deprecated earlier this year, and retired this month. You can find more information in the documentation for the 'include_media_info' parameter for /2/files/list_folder.

    If your app(s) need access to the media information for files like this, please update your app to retrieve the media information from /2/files/get_metadata instead.

    By the way, to clarify, the top level ".tag" in your sample is the subtype for the returned "Metadata" object, which has always been one of "file", "folder", "deleted". That hasn't changed. By the "video" tag you mentioned, it sounds like you're actually referring to the ".tag" value for the nested (as FileMetadata.media_info.metadata) "MediaMetadata" object, which would be one of "photo", "video". 

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
6 years ago

Hi litemotiv,

Metadata is old and seems going to be deprecated. Don't rely to them anymore. :wink:

Hope this helps.

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