Uploadcare File metadata API
File metadata is additional, arbitrary data, associated with uploaded file. As an example, you could store unique file identifier from your system.Metadata is key-value data. You can specify up to 50 keys, with key names up to 64 characters long and values up to 512 characters long.Read more in the [docs](https://uploadcare.com/docs/file-metadata/).**Notice:** Do not store any sensitive information (bank account numbers, card details, etc.) as metadata.**Notice:** File metadata is provided by the end-users uploading the files and can contain symbols unsafe in, for example, HTML context. Please escape the metadata before use according to the rules of the target runtime context (HTML browser, SQL query parameter, etc).
Uploadcare File metadata API is one of 11 APIs that Uploadcare publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include File metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 2022-11-28.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://ucarecdn.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Paths & Operations 4
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
File metadata is additional, arbitrary data, associated with uploaded file. As an example, you could store unique file identifier from your system. Metadata is key-value data. You…
Schemas 2
The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is simpleAuthHTTPForbidden (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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