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Get System Metadata

GET /rest/objects/objectID?{metadata/system}

Returns the system metadata for the specified object.

URL Format

/rest/objects/objectID?{metadata/system}


Query Parameters

metadata/system

Request Headers

"x-emc-date" or "Date" required
"x-emc-uid" required
"x-emc-signature" required
"x-emc-utf8" requiredOnly required if metadata values are in Unicode.
"x-emc-tags" optional

Response Body


XML Example

Request
GET /rest/objects/499ad542a1a8bc200499ad5a6b05580499c3168560a4?metadata/system HTTP/1.1
accept: */*
date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:36:18 GMT
content-type: application/octet-stream
x-emc-date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:36:18 GMT
host: 168.159.116.96
x-emc-uid: 33115732f3b7455d9d2344ddd235f4b9/user1
x-emc-signature: 2FqzIvlzmGahV6/4KUWzBANkrFc=
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:36:18 GMT
Server: Apache
x-emc-meta: atime=2009-02-18T16:27:24Z, mtime=2009-02-18T16:03:52Z,
ctime=2009-02-18T16:27:24Z, itime=2009-02-18T16:03:52Z,
type=regular, uid=user1, gid=apache,
objectid=499ad542a1a8bc200499ad5a6b05580499c3168560a4, objname=,
size=211, nlink=0, policyname=default
Content-Length: 0
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
x-emc-policy: _int