edit url metadata

/members/{member}/externaluris/{uri}/editmetadata [POST]

API Support	Available since	Last updated	Output
experimental	5.9900	5.9900	xml

Description

Edit a metadata property for a URL.

This service cannot be used for properties with datatype="[markup|xref|link]" or multiple="true".

Name	Description	Required	Type
name	The name of the property to edit	yes	string
newvalue	The new value for the property (XML markup will be treated as text)	yes	string
oldvalue	The old value of the property (required if fragment is not specified)	conditional	string

This service requires contributor or higher in a group with edit all URLs permission.

The XML output follows this format:

<property-modification fragment="123" uriid="456">
  <property name="mylabel" value="my new value" />
</property-modification>

0x1206	Invalid media type
0x120B	Error processing XRefs
0x120C	Error creating fragment
0x120D	Content validation error
0x1218	Fragment not found with specified content

Created on 6 August 2021, last edited on 12 August 2025 at 14:36