Get Meta Data

With this node you can get the metadata from a file and save the info in a variable.

It has the following configuration options:

  • File to get meta data from: here you can specify the file to get meta data from. Select the pencil to open Expression Builder.
  • Variable name: here you can specify the name of the variable to store the meta data in. The default name is meta_data.
  • Support Multiple Files: Normally, the data from the file will be assigned directly to the specified variable. If you select this checkbox, data from multiple files is supported. In this case, an array will be assigned to the specified variable, and each entry will contain the info from one file. If you leave this checkbox unselected, the data from only one file is supported, because the info from the second file will overwrite the info from the first file.
  • Only from file: with this checkbox you can specify whether the meta data can come from the asset info, or only directly from the file. This is sometimes important if you have custom meta data extractors. When you select this checkbox, the meta data can only come from the standard meta data extractors that will process the specified file. When you leave this checkbox unselected, the meta data can come from the asset (which might be updated/changed when compared to the info obtained from the file), but on the other hand meta data might be available which cannot be obtained by the standard meta data extractors.
  • Include XMP data: if you select this checkbox, the native XMP data block is included. A lot of the information in the XML block is copied to other parts of the metadata, so access to native XMP is not needed in most cases.
  • Include information about embedded images and forms: if you select this checkbox, information about embedded images and forms is included in the returned meta data.