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JAMESJER
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

Add MetaData to Folder/File in App Directory

How can I add file/folder meta data for an App Folder app via the API. I am getting this error:   Error in call to API function "file_properties/templates/add_for_user": Your API app is an "App Fol...
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Greg-DB
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AlexanderKriss1 No, unfortunately I don't have any news on this request.

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AlexanderKriss1
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Hello,

any news here please?

It will be really helpfull, when I can got metadata, just when I listing folder, because reading each file, which contain additional metadata is terrible slow.

Thanks

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    Greg-DB
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    5 years ago

    AlexanderKriss1 No, unfortunately I don't have any update on this requets.

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