Updating Description and Custom Attributes on a Docs File

Question

Is it possible to update the Description and/or a custom created attribute on a Docs file via the API?

The following two API calls suggest that an update can be made at either the item/file level or the version level but which one should be used and how would you access a custom created attribute?

• https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/data/v2/reference/http/projects-project_id-items-item_id-PATCH/
• https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/data/v2/reference/http/projects-project_id-versions-version_id-PATCH/

The sample call provided shows renaming a file. Presumably Description and any custom attribute (e.g. My New Attribute) would be access using description and my new attribute, respectively as the "id" to be updated(?)

I have the upload of a file already working and showing in Docs but after the upload is complete I need to push metadata into it and the API isn't clear on how to accomplish this.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the Attributes (from BIM 360 Docs) are not yet exposed via Data Management API. We're investigating this and this is our tracking number: FDM-1963