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Balaram_Rudra
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Retrieve asset folder metadata using Assets API

  • July 19, 2024
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I have added metadata to a folder on DAM by using a custom folder metadata schema. However, I am unable to retrieve the information back using the assets API. Doesn't work even with /jcr_content/metadata in the API path. Is it possible to retrieve it using Assets API at all? and how?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Best answer by EstebanBustamante

Hi, 

Correct, the Assets API won't return custom metadata. If you are using AEMaaCS, I would recommend exploring the new sets of API for Assets, which it seems could work for your use case: https://developer.adobe.com/experience-cloud/experience-manager-apis/api/experimental/assets/author/ .

 

If you are using AEM on-premise,  you could simply rely on the HTTP API, something like this would work:

Asset Path: http://localhost:4502/assetdetails.html/content/dam/wknd-shared/en/adventures/cycling-tuscany/adobestock-59459597.jpeg 

Metadata access: http://localhost:4502/content/dam/wknd-shared/en/adventures/cycling-tuscany/adobestock-59459597.jpeg/jcr:content.3.json 

Hope this helps

 

 

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EstebanBustamante
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Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
July 19, 2024

Hi, 

Correct, the Assets API won't return custom metadata. If you are using AEMaaCS, I would recommend exploring the new sets of API for Assets, which it seems could work for your use case: https://developer.adobe.com/experience-cloud/experience-manager-apis/api/experimental/assets/author/ .

 

If you are using AEM on-premise,  you could simply rely on the HTTP API, something like this would work:

Asset Path: http://localhost:4502/assetdetails.html/content/dam/wknd-shared/en/adventures/cycling-tuscany/adobestock-59459597.jpeg 

Metadata access: http://localhost:4502/content/dam/wknd-shared/en/adventures/cycling-tuscany/adobestock-59459597.jpeg/jcr:content.3.json 

Hope this helps

 

 

Esteban Bustamante
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    Balaram_RudraAuthor
    Level 4
    July 21, 2024

    Thank you @estebanbustamante. I was hoping that I could still access the metadata using the Assets HTTP API somehow, but no worries.

    Is this something that Adobe can consider adding to the Assets API? It would make sense for the Assets API to return folder metadata as well, as the API client can then determine how to process the assets under the folder according to the data on the folder metadata.

      EstebanBustamante
      Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
      EstebanBustamanteCommunity Advisor and Adobe Champion
      Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
      July 22, 2024

      As far as I heard, they are not putting more effort into the Asset API but the preferred one would be these: https://developer.adobe.com/experience-cloud/experience-manager-apis/api/experimental/assets/author/. So hopefully you can stick to that. 

      Hope this helps

      Esteban Bustamante
        MukeshYadav_
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        MukeshYadav_Community Advisor
        Community Advisor
        July 19, 2024

        Hi @balaram_rudra ,

        To be more precise just you need to append a selector e.g. 1 to your metadata which you were trying. It will work.

        We can hit http://localhost:6502/content/dam/Seek_AEM_4-1721395328887.png/jcr:content/metadata.1.json

         

        or 

        We can get via servlet/model https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/get-asset-meta-data-from-node-aem-keshav-chaurasiya

        Thanks

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          Balaram_RudraAuthor
          Level 4
          July 21, 2024

          Thank you @mukeshyadav_ , however, I was looking more towards the Assets HTTP API for this as my solution is relying already on it for the rest of the assets data.

            MukeshYadav_
            Community Advisor
            MukeshYadav_Community Advisor
            Community Advisor
            July 21, 2024

            Hi @balaram_rudra ,

            As mentioned in limitation https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-cloud-service/content/assets/admin/mac-api-assets

            However not sure about your use case, but work around can be if we move those custom properties to asset level instead of folder level.

            We are able to fetch asset level metadata via asset api

             

            OR if you add custom property at jcr:content of folder itslef then it is accessible via assetapi

             

            Thank

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              July 23, 2024

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