Dell Technologies ECS REST API

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Get System Metadata Search Keys

GET ?searchmetadata

Returns the list of system metadata keys that are available for assigning to a bucket. These can be used later for filtering lists of objects based on querying bucket's assigned keys.

URL Format

Host Style: http://ns1.emc.com/?searchmetadata

Request Headers

x-amz-date optionalTimestamp of the request added by the requester. Example: Tue, 03 Sept 2013 12:00:00 GMT. If the Authorization header is specified, you must specify either the x-amz-date or the Date header. If both the headers are specified, the value of x-amz-date header is chosen.
Authorization requiredInformation needed to authenticate requests.

Response Body

Response indicating Success or Failure for this operation

Field Description Type Notes
MetadataSearchList
IndexableKeys a list of metadata keys being used for searches
Key     0-* Elements
Name name of the metadata key String
Datatype data type of the key String
OptionalAttributes
Attribute     0-* Elements
Name name of the metadata attibute String
Datatype data type of the metadata attribute String