Remove metadata instance from folder
Deletes a piece of folder metadata.
Request
Path Parameters
0The unique identifier that represent a folder.
The ID for any folder can be determined
by visiting this folder in the web application
and copying the ID from the URL. For example,
for the URL https://*.app.box.com/folder/123
the folder_id is 123.
The root folder of a Box account is
always represented by the ID 0.
globalThe scope of the metadata template
Value is one of global,enterprise
propertiesThe name of the metadata template
Response
Returns an empty response when the metadata is successfully deleted.
Returned when the request parameters are not valid. This may happen of the
scope is not valid.
Returns an error when the folder does not have an instance of the metadata template applied to it, or when the user does not have access to the folder.
instance_not_found- An instance of the metadata template with the givenscopeandtemplateKeywas not found on this folder.not_found- The folder was not found, or the user does not have access to the folder.
Returned when the method was not allowed. This often happens when the
folder ID is not valid or the root folder with ID 0.
An unexpected client error.
Request Example
curl -X DELETE https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/4353455/metadata/enterprise_27335/blueprintTemplate \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>'await client.MetadataManager.DeleteFolderMetadataAsync("11111", "enterprise", "marketingCollateral");BoxFolder folder = new BoxFolder(api, "id");
folder.deleteMetadata("myMetadataTemplate");client.folder(folder_id='11111').metadata(scope='enterprise', template='myMetadata').delete()client.folders.deleteMetadata('67890', client.metadata.scopes.GLOBAL, client.metadata.templates.PROPERTIES)
.then(() => {
// removal succeeded — no value returned
});client.metadata.delete(
forFolderWithId: "22222",
scope: "enterprise",
templateKey: "personnelRecord"
) { (result: Result<Void, BoxSDKError>) in
guard case .success = result {
print("Error deleting metadata instance")
return
}
print("Metadata instance deleted")
}