BObox
Metadata instances (Files)

Remove metadata instance from file

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Deletes a piece of file metadata.

delete/files/{file_id}/metadata/{scope}/{template_key}

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api.box.com/2.0
  • URL
    https://api.box.com/2.0/files/{file_id}/metadata/{scope}/{template_key}
  • Auth
    OAuth 2
    Authorization code: https://account.box.com/api/oauth2/authorize
    Token URL: https://api.box.com/oauth2/token

Path parameters

file_idstring required

The unique identifier that represents a file.

The ID for any file can be determined by visiting a file in the web application and copying the ID from the URL. For example, for the URL https://*.app.box.com/files/123 the file_id is 123.

scope'global' | 'enterprise' required

The scope of the metadata template.

template_keystring required

The name of the metadata template.

Response

Returns an empty response when the metadata is successfully deleted.

Changes

  • c4d5303fa5c3Revision changes
    • warning

      added the new unprocessable_entity enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new unprocessable_entity enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new unprocessable_entity enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new unprocessable_entity enum value to the response property for the response status