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Property Groups always null Java SDK

Property Groups always null Java SDK

dsecfx
New member | Level 2

I have created a template and a list of property group objects but when I get the meta data for the file in a search after I've uploaded it says null for property group.  The property groups should have been included when the file is uploaded.  I use the Java SDK and I have tried a few different ways:

FileMetadata metadata = client.withPathRoot(pathRoot)
.files()
.uploadBuilder(finalFilePath)
.withPropertyGroups(propertyGroups)
.uploadAndFinish(in);

And also

FileMetadata metadata = client.withPathRoot(pathRoot)
.files()
.uploadBuilder(finalFilePath)
.uploadAndFinish(in);
client.fileProperties().propertiesAdd(metadata.getId(), propertyGroups);

I try getting the metadata a couple of different ways but it is always null:

client.withPathRoot(pathRoot).files().getMetadata(filePath)

Nothing seems to work.  Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff

Apologies for the confusion. When uploading files, you won't see the property information returned in the metadata directly. (I'll pass this along as a feature request though.)

To retrieve it, you'll need to call getMetadataBuilder to get a GetMetadataBuilder, and then use GetMetadataBuilder.withIncludePropertyGroups to specifically request the property information.

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