fileMetadata

To return the metadata, like file name, size and modification date of a file based on a given record and file name

With this function, you can find out the metadata of a file. You will get back:

• file name

• file size

• modification date

Syntax

fileMetadata(nid, string)

Return

JSON

Examples

fileMetadata(record, fileName) To return the metadata, like file name, size and modification date of a file based on a given record and file name.

filedata(this, "Invoice_001.pdf")

Result:

{"name":"Invoice_001.pdf","size":95935,"modifiedDate":1661385600000}

fileMetadata(this, last(split(text(Invoice), "/"))) 

Result:

{"name":"Invoice_001.pdf","size":95935,"modifiedDate":1661385600000}

with the file name pulled from the Invoice image field.

See also

item, which extracts a value of an array or an object.