Manage Folder metadata

Data Structures

FolderMetadataResult

Folder metadata in a form of name = value pairs

Data Type	Field Name	Description
int	FolderMetadataID	ID of a newly created metadata item for a folder
int	FolderID	ID of a folder for which metadata is created
string	Name	Metadata item name
int	DataType	Type of the data
string	Data	Value

Methods

CreateFolderMetadata

Creates metadata for a specific folder in MFT FS file system.

FolderMetadataResult  
CreateFolderMetadata(Guid sessionID, int folderID, string name, string data)

Parameter Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions
folderID	ID for the folder for which metadata is created
name	Name for a new metadata item
data	String with the data that will populate metadata item

GetFolderMetadata

Retrieves metadata for specific MFT FS folder

FolderMetadataResult[]  
GetFolderMetadata (Guid sessionID, int folderID)

Parameter Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions
folderID	ID for the folder for which metadata is retrieved

SaveFolderMetadata

Updates metadata for a specific folder in MFT FS file system. If metadata with the input name does not exist for the folder ID, exception will be thrown.

note

Metadata with the name Description will be displayed as a folder description in web UI and returned by the API.

FolderMetadataResult  
SaveFolderMetadata(Guid sessionID, int folderID, string name, string data)

Parameter Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions
folderID	ID for the folder for which metadata is created
name	Name for a new metadata item
data	String with the data that will populate metadata item