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Surely there is a way to read the description attribute of a file in Docs using the API?!?!

It isn't returned using this endpoint as it isn't a custom attribute: https://aps.autodesk.com/en/docs/bim360/v1/reference/http/document-management-versionsbatch-get-POST

nor this one: https://aps.autodesk.com/en/docs/data/v2/reference/http/projects-project_id-folders-folder_id-contents-GET

Surely this is a critical attribute for any kind of integration?

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Unfortunately, this is not exposed currently, it's a known issue and the wish is logged as FDM-3124 already. Sorry for the inconvenices.

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Surely not :( . I saw a post from a few years ago saying this was logged but it has not been actioned since then. Adding a custom attribute for an existing property is so confusing to end users. Is there any timeline for this? It must be a small update.
Unfortunately we don't have a timeline for this, APS Date Management API needs support multiple Autodesk SAAS include BIM 360, A360, Fusion360, ACC, some properties conflicted, that might be the reason for taking time, but I will raise this request again for engineering team's awareness.
ok, thanks Zhong, its just seems a key piece of data for any integration with another system.
@ZhongWu has there been any update on getting this property exposed?
@ZhongWu, I'm working currently on a similar project and really shocked when I discovered that the custom attributes and the description are not coming along. This is an urgent request please!!!
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UPDATE: The API has supported to fetch Description of file. https://aps.autodesk.com/blog/fetch-description-attribute-file-item-acc-and-bim360

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Is there a way to update "Description" attribute of a file through the API. Since it is a default attribute, none of the POST endpoints that deal with custom attributes will be able to handle "Description" update. I read in another post (stackoverflow.com/a/69892525/6664129) that this feature request is underway. Pls update if its available.
Hi @theandroid, unfortunately, not yet available. We have a feature request ticket at ACSFR-2560. The one in the other Stackoverflow post you pointed out is about GET Description which has been exposed as you know. If you could contact us by aps.autodesk.com/get-help with your contact and business information, we can appended your voice to ACSFR-2560
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I believe there is now an update.

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Note that this endpoint only retrieves custom attributes that have been assigned a value.

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This doesn't return the standard description property
@ConnorFerguson the GET request: {self.host}/data/v1/projects/{project_id}/folders/{folder_id}/contents provides your description attribute. <br/> While the POST request: {self.host}/bim360/docs/v1/projects/{project_id}/versions:batch-get will return your model custom attributes.

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