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Unable to see custom Properties after setting them
Hi I need to some to figure this out, I cant seem to see the properties that i 've set on a document I uploaded (I've got the following DONE - Basic Account setup, Scoped App setup, refresh tok...
We have in preview API endpoints for tags on files this may work with the use case that you are looking for. Please see here (https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-tags-add) for those endpoints.
Thanks for the feedback,
so let me ask the question a different way, what options do I have to save "custom" properties/attributes or metadata in Dropbox against a file so that end users can see those values ?
tahsini
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffWe have in preview API endpoints for tags on files this may work with the use case that you are looking for. Please see here (https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-tags-add) for those endpoints.
Last comment, while I understand tags can help, ideally properties are key/value pairs and tags don't help with convey that information
the key question now is "when" will dropbox enable the viewing of custom metadata properties on the properties pane like the 3 or 4 existing properties appear.
- Greg-DB
Daniel F The file properties functionality on the Dropbox API is meant as a way for third party apps to set and get custom information for use by the third party app itself, e.g., to show in its own UI. Dropbox doesn't expose this information in the official Dropbox UI, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
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