Get file metadata

Endpoint

GET /organizations/{org_id}/assets/{asset_id}

This endpoint retrieves metadata (like filename, upload date, related object) for a specific uploaded file (referred to as an “Asset” in the API).

Request

Replace {org_id} with your Organization ID and {asset_id} with the Asset ID of the file whose metadata you want.

Headers

• Authorization: Bearer {your_access_token}
• Accept: application/json
• X-Tallyfy-Client: APIClient

Query parameters (optional)

No common query parameters are typically needed for this endpoint.

Code samples

Javascript

const accessToken = 'YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN';
const orgId = 'YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID';
const assetId = 'ASSET_ID_TO_GET_METADATA';
const apiUrl = `https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/${orgId}/assets/${assetId}`;

const headers = new Headers();
headers.append('Authorization', `Bearer ${accessToken}`);
headers.append('Accept', 'application/json');
headers.append('X-Tallyfy-Client', 'APIClient');

fetch(apiUrl, {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: headers
})
.then(response => {
    if (!response.ok) {
        // Attempt to parse error as JSON, fallback to text
        return response.json()
            .catch(() => response.text()) // If JSON parsing fails, get text
            .then(errData => {
                console.error(`Error response for asset ${assetId}:`, errData);
                throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
            });
    }
    return response.json();
})
.then(data => {
    console.log(`Successfully retrieved metadata for asset ${assetId}:`);
    console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
})
.catch(error => {
    console.error(`Error getting asset metadata ${assetId}:`, error.message);
});

Python

import requests
import json
import os

access_token = os.environ.get('TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN')
org_id = os.environ.get('TALLYFY_ORG_ID', 'YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID')
asset_id = 'ASSET_ID_TO_GET_METADATA'
api_url = f'https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/{org_id}/assets/{asset_id}'

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {access_token}',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'X-Tallyfy-Client': 'APIClient'
}

response = None
try:
    response = requests.get(api_url, headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status() # Raises HTTPError for bad responses (4xx or 5xx)

    metadata = response.json()
    print(f'Successfully retrieved metadata for asset {asset_id}:')
    print(json.dumps(metadata, indent=4))

except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as http_err:
    print(f"HTTP error occurred for asset {asset_id}: {http_err}")
    if response is not None:
        print(f"Response Body: {response.text}")
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as req_err:
    print(f"Request failed for asset {asset_id}: {req_err}")
except json.JSONDecodeError:
    print(f"Failed to decode JSON response for asset {asset_id}")
    if response is not None:
        print(f"Response Text: {response.text}")
except Exception as err:
     print(f"An unexpected error occurred: {err}")

Java

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.io.IOException;

public class GetFileMetadata {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String accessToken = System.getenv().getOrDefault("TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN", "YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN");
        String orgId = System.getenv().getOrDefault("TALLYFY_ORG_ID", "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID");
        String assetId = "ASSET_ID_TO_GET_METADATA";
        String apiUrl = String.format("https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/%s/assets/%s", orgId, assetId);

        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                .uri(URI.create(apiUrl))
                .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken)
                .header("Accept", "application/json")
                .header("X-Tallyfy-Client", "APIClient")
                .GET()
                .build();

        try {
            HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

            if (response.statusCode() == 200) {
                System.out.println("Successfully retrieved metadata for asset " + assetId + ":");
                System.out.println(response.body());
                // Consider using a JSON library (e.g., Jackson, Gson) for parsing:
                // ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
                // AssetMetadata metadata = mapper.readValue(response.body(), AssetMetadata.class);
            } else {
                 System.err.println("Failed to get metadata for asset " + assetId + ". Status: " + response.statusCode());
                 System.err.println("Response Body: " + response.body());
            }
        } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
             System.err.println("Request failed: " + e.getMessage());
             Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
        } catch (Exception e) {
             System.err.println("An unexpected error occurred: " + e.getMessage());
             e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    // Define a simple AssetMetadata class if using Jackson/Gson for parsing
    // static class AssetMetadata { public Data[] data; }
    // static class Data { public String id; public String filename; /* ... other fields */ }
}

Go

package main

import (
  "encoding/json"
  "fmt"
  "io/ioutil"
  "net/http"
  "os"
    "time"
)

// Basic struct matching the expected JSON structure (can be more detailed)
type AssetMetadataResponse struct {
  Data []struct {
    ID         string `json:"id"`
    Filename   string `json:"filename"`
    Version    int    `json:"version"`
    UploadedAt string `json:"uploaded_at"`
    // Add other fields as needed
  } `json:"data"`
}

func main() {
  accessToken := os.Getenv("TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN")
  if accessToken == "" {
    accessToken = "YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN"
  }
  orgId := os.Getenv("TALLYFY_ORG_ID")
  if orgId == "" {
    orgId = "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID"
  }
  assetId := "ASSET_ID_TO_GET_METADATA"
  apiUrl := fmt.Sprintf("https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/%s/assets/%s", orgId, assetId)

  client := &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
  req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", apiUrl, nil)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error creating request for asset %s: %v\n", assetId, err)
    return
  }

  req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+accessToken)
  req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
  req.Header.Set("X-Tallyfy-Client", "APIClient")

  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error making request for asset %s: %v\n", assetId, err)
    return
  }
  defer resp.Body.Close()

  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error reading response body for asset %s: %v\n", assetId, err)
    return
  }

  if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
    fmt.Printf("Failed to get metadata for asset %s. Status: %d\nBody: %s\n", assetId, resp.StatusCode, string(body))
    return
  }

  // Attempt to unmarshal the JSON response
  var metadata AssetMetadataResponse
  err = json.Unmarshal(body, &metadata)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error unmarshalling JSON for asset %s: %v\n", assetId, err)
        fmt.Printf("Raw response body: %s\n", string(body))
    return
  }

  fmt.Printf("Successfully retrieved metadata for asset %s:\n", assetId)
    // Pretty print the struct (or access fields like metadata.Data[0].Filename)
    prettyJSON, _ := json.MarshalIndent(metadata, "", "  ")
  fmt.Println(string(prettyJSON))
}

C++

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cpprest/http_client.h>
#include <cpprest/filestream.h>

using namespace web;
using namespace web::http;
using namespace web::http::client;

pplx::task<void> GetAssetMetadata(const utility::string_t& assetId)
{
    utility::string_t accessToken = U("YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN"); // Replace
    utility::string_t orgId = U("YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID"); // Replace
    utility::string_t apiUrl = U("https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/") + orgId + U("/assets/") + assetId;

    http_client client(apiUrl);

    http_request request(methods::GET);
    request.headers().add(U("Authorization"), U("Bearer ") + accessToken);
    request.headers().add(U("Accept"), U("application/json"));
    request.headers().add(U("X-Tallyfy-Client"), U("APIClient"));

    return client.request(request).then([assetId](http_response response)
    {
        utility::string_t assetIdW = assetId;
        if (response.status_code() == status_codes::OK)
        {
            return response.extract_json().then([assetIdW](json::value v)
            {
                 std::wcout << L"Successfully retrieved metadata for asset " << assetIdW << L":\n" << v.serialize() << std::endl;
                 // Access fields e.g., v[U("data")][0][U("filename")].as_string();
            });
        }
        else
        {
            // Handle error
            return response.extract_string().then([response, assetIdW](utility::string_t body)
            {
                std::wcerr << L"Failed to get metadata for asset " << assetIdW << L". Status: " << response.status_code() << std::endl;
                std::wcerr << L"Response Body: " << body << std::endl;
                // Indicate error - throwing exception is another option
                return pplx::task_from_exception<void>(std::runtime_error("API request failed"));
            });
        }
    });
}

int main()
{
    utility::string_t assetToGet = U("ASSET_ID_TO_GET_METADATA"); // Replace
    try
    {
        GetAssetMetadata(assetToGet).wait();
    }
    catch (const std::exception &e)
    {
        std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
    }
    return 0;
}
// Note: Requires C++ REST SDK (Casablanca).
// Proper JSON parsing (checking types, field existence) is recommended.

C#

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text.Json; // Or Newtonsoft.Json
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class TallyfyAssetMetadata
{
    private static readonly HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

    // Basic class structure for deserialization (adjust based on actual API response)
    public class AssetMetadataResponse {
        public AssetData[] Data { get; set; }
    }
    public class AssetData {
        public string Id { get; set; }
        public string Filename { get; set; }
        public int Version { get; set; }
        // Add other fields like UploadedAt, Subject, etc.
    }

    public static async Task GetMetadataAsync(string assetId)
    {
        var accessToken = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN") ?? "YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN";
        var orgId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TALLYFY_ORG_ID") ?? "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID";
        var apiUrl = $"https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/{orgId}/assets/{assetId}";

        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", accessToken);
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-Tallyfy-Client", "APIClient");

        try
        {
            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(apiUrl);
            string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Successfully retrieved metadata for asset {assetId}:");
                // Deserialize and print nicely or use the data
                try {
                    // Using System.Text.Json
                     var options = new JsonSerializerOptions { PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true };
                     var metadata = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<AssetMetadataResponse>(responseBody, options);
                     Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.Serialize(metadata, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true }));
                     // Now you can access metadata.Data[0].Filename etc.
                } catch (JsonException jsonEx) {
                    Console.WriteLine("Failed to parse JSON response: " + jsonEx.Message);
                    Console.WriteLine("Raw Response:");
                    Console.WriteLine(responseBody); // Print raw body if parsing fails
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Failed to get metadata for asset {assetId}. Status: {response.StatusCode}");
                Console.WriteLine($"Response Body: {responseBody}");
            }
        }
        catch (HttpRequestException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Request Exception for asset {assetId}: {e.Message}");
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"An unexpected error occurred: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }

    // Example usage:
    // static async Task Main(string[] args)
    // {
    //     string assetIdToGet = "ASSET_ID_TO_GET_METADATA";
    //     await GetMetadataAsync(assetIdToGet);
    // }
}

Response

A successful request returns a 200 OK status code and a JSON object containing a data array (usually with one element) holding the asset metadata.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "ASSET_ID_TO_GET_METADATA",
      "filename": "report_q1.pdf",
      "version": 1,
      "step_id": "step_id_xyz789", // If related to a task step
      "uploaded_from": "capture_id_abc123", // Form field ID or 'ko_field'
      "uploaded_to_s3": true,
      "subject": {
        "id": "run_id_or_checklist_id",
        "type": "Run" // Or "Checklist"
      },
      "uploaded_at": "2024-04-15T11:00:00Z"
      // Other potential metadata fields like size, uploader ID, etc.
    }
  ]
}

If the asset ID is not found or you lack permission, a 404 or 403 error will be returned.

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