createMetadataField

It lets administrators create metadata fields to coordinate with content management systems or for template operations. Examples of created metadata fields include keywords, information about the author of the image, or copyright holder information.

Syntax

Authorized User Types

IpsAdmin

Parameters

Input (createMetadataFieldParam)

Parameter name	Type	Required	Description
companyName	xsd:string	Yes	The name of the company that the metadata field belongs to.
assetType	xsd:string	Yes	Asset type.
name	xsd:string	Yes	Name of the metadata field that you are creating.
fieldType	xsd:string	Yes	Metadata field type. The metadata field types constant defines the available types.
defaultValue	xsd:string	No	The default value of the metadata field to be created (for example, Scene 7). Default values are not supported for tag field types and must be omitted. If a non-empty default is specified for a tag field type, a fault is returned.
isHidden	xsd:boolean	No	Hide or expose IPS system-specific metadata.
isEnforced	xsd:boolean	No	A boolean flag that indicates whether the metadata field is enforced (validated) when the value is set. If set to true, then a fault is thrown if an illegal value is set in setAssetMetadata / batchSetAssetMetadata.
initialTagValue	xsd:string	No	It lets you create a set of shared specific values that selected tags can point to.

Output (createMetadataFieldReturn)

Name	Type	Required	Description
fieldHandle	`xsd:string`	Yes	The handle to the new metadata field.

Examples

This code sample creates a string type metadata field called createMetadataField. The response returns the handle to the new metadata field.

Request

<createMetadataFieldParam xmlns="http://www.scene7.com/IpsApi/xsd/2008-01-15">
   <companyHandle>c|21</companyHandle>
   <assetType>Image</assetType>
   <name>createMetadataField</name>
   <fieldType>String</fieldType>
   <initialTagValue>Fall</initialTagValue>
   <defaultValue>Default</defaultValue>
</createMetadataFieldParam>

Response

<createMetadataFieldReturn xmlns="http://www.scene7.com/IpsApi/xsd/2008-01-15">
   <fieldHandle>m|21|IMAGE|createMetadataField</fieldHandle>
</createMetadataFieldReturn>