How to use metadata with the REST API?
We're using endpoints to write metadata with calls like '/restapi/vc/messages/id/xxx/metadata/key/foo.bar/set/?value=yyy' and I'd love to search on those with calls like '/restapi/vc/posts/for/met...
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Hi wmertens,
I think you're already pretty close. Can you try this format of the API call?
restapi/vc/posts/for/metadata/id/id/value/value
Thanks,
Scott
Hi Scott,
When I do /restapi/vc/posts/for/metadata/id/cisco.ispublishable/value/true I get error 502 invalid path element, and when I do /restapi/vc/posts/for/metadata/key/cisco.ispublishable/value/true I get 0 results. There is at least one message that has it set.
When I use a number instead of cisco.ispublishable in that first call I get error 101 No metadata with the specified uid, I don't know what the id of that key is.
Hmm. Looks like your metadata field is there and with correct configuration. Looks like a bug. Can you file this one as a Case?
- Hey wmertens,
What is the data type that is set up for your metadata? We currently don't support lookup by freeform_string metadata. If you're just doing true or false I would use the exists API to get all messages which have the cisco.ispublishable metadata applied to it and not apply metadata where you want false. http://lithosphere.lithium.com/t5/rest-api/bd-p/developers-rest-api?leaf-id=Community.posts#Community.posts.for.metadata.key.key.exists
Hope this helps,
YuriNo, the /exists call returns false.
PS: Hey I didn't see those API docs before, cool :)
Whoops, my apologies, that API is supposed to show you whether any messages have that metadata assigned. Are you sure you're spelling the metadata name correctly? I wonder if capitalization matters here.
YuriP.S. Glad you like the new docs
