---
title: "Changes to Update technical metadata of a file generated by a specific extractor"
method: POST
path: "/files/{id}/updateMetadata"
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# Changes to Update technical metadata of a file generated by a specific extractor

`POST /files/{id}/updateMetadata`

> Every recorded change to this operation, newest first.

## Timeline

Changed in 4 of 70 revisions.

- **2021-07-23** `6ab2562e8acd`: 1 info
- **2020-05-20** `f45391a1230b`: 1 breaking
- **2019-04-05** `6617a59088f7`: 1 info
- **2019-02-25** `da934d250520`: 1 warning

## Changes

- **2021-07-23** `6ab2562e8acd`: 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
- **2020-05-20** `f45391a1230b`: 1 breaking
  - added required request body
- **2019-04-05** `6617a59088f7`: 1 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `extractor_id`
- **2019-02-25** `da934d250520`: 1 warning
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `extractor_id`

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[Operation](https://skmtc.dev/clowder-framework/apis/clowder/docs/files/:id/updateMetadata/post.md) - [API](https://skmtc.dev/clowder-framework/apis/clowder.md) - [Page](https://skmtc.dev/clowder-framework/apis/clowder/changes/files/:id/updateMetadata/post)