Add, Edit, Extract and Remove Metadata from Images programmatically using a REST API in C#.

ManipulateMetadataImages_CSharp

Add, Edit, Extract and Remove Metadata from Images
1. Programmatically upload a JPEG image file on the cloud
2. Add Metadata to JPEG Image programmatically on the cloud using a REST API in C#. 
3. Extract Metadata of JPEG Image programmatically on the cloud using a REST API in C#. 
4. Edit Metadata of JPEG Image programmatically on the cloud using a REST API in C#. 
5. Remove Metadata of JPEG Image programmatically on the cloud using a REST API in C#. 

ManipulateMetadataImages_CSharp_Add.cs

// api initialization
var apiInstance = new MetadataApi(configuration);

// input image path
var fileInfo = new GroupDocs.Metadata.Cloud.Sdk.Model.FileInfo
{
    FilePath = "input.jpg"
};

// define metadata add options
var options = new AddOptions
{
    FileInfo = fileInfo,
    Properties = new List<AddProperty>
    {
        new AddProperty
        {
            Value = "All rights reserved.",
            Type = "String",
            SearchCriteria = new SearchCriteria
            {
                TagOptions = new TagOptions
                {
                    PossibleName = "Copyright"
                }
            },
        }
    }
};

// add request
var request = new AddRequest(options);
var response = apiInstance.Add(request);

ManipulateMetadataImages_CSharp_Configurations.cs

string clientID = "112f0f38-9dae-42d5-b4fc-cc84ae644972";
string clientSecret = "16ad3fe0bdc39c910f57d2fd48a5d618";
string myStorage = "";

Configuration configuration = new Configuration(clientID, clientSecret);
configuration.ApiBaseUrl = "https://api.groupdocs.cloud";

ManipulateMetadataImages_CSharp_Download.cs

// api initialization
var fileApi = new FileApi(configuration);

// default path
var file = "metadata\\add_metadata\\input_jpg\\input.jpg";

// download request
var downloadRequest = new DownloadFileRequest(file, myStorage);

Stream downloadResponse = fileApi.DownloadFile(downloadRequest);
using (var fileStream = File.Create("C:\\Files\\input.jpg"))
{
    downloadResponse.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
    downloadResponse.CopyTo(fileStream);
}

ManipulateMetadataImages_CSharp_Edit.cs

// api initialization
var apiInstance = new MetadataApi(configuration);

// input image path
var fileInfo = new GroupDocs.Metadata.Cloud.Sdk.Model.FileInfo
{
    FilePath = "input.jpg"
};

// define metadata set options
var options = new SetOptions
{
    FileInfo = fileInfo,
    Properties = new List<SetProperty>
    {
        new SetProperty
        {
            NewValue = "Copyright 2021",
            SearchCriteria = new SearchCriteria
            {
                TagOptions = new TagOptions
                {
                    PossibleName = "Copyright"
                }
            },
            Type = "String"
        }
    }
};

// update request
var request = new SetRequest(options);
var response = apiInstance.Set(request);

ManipulateMetadataImages_CSharp_ExtractMetadata.cs

// api initialization
var apiInstance = new MetadataApi(configuration);

// source file
var fileInfo = new GroupDocs.Metadata.Cloud.Sdk.Model.FileInfo
{
    FilePath = "input.jpg"
};

// extract optioins
var options = new ExtractOptions
{
    FileInfo = fileInfo
};

// extract request
var request = new ExtractRequest(options);
var response = apiInstance.Extract(request);

// extracted metadata
if (response.MetadataTree.InnerPackages != null)
{
    var innerPackages = response.MetadataTree.InnerPackages;
    for (int i = 0; i < innerPackages.Count; i++)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"\nPackage: {innerPackages[i].PackageName}");
        var packageProperties = innerPackages[i].PackageProperties;
        for (int j = 0; j < packageProperties.Count; j++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(packageProperties[j].Name + " : " + packageProperties[j].Value);
        }
    }
}

ManipulateMetadataImages_CSharp_Remove.cs

// api initialization
var apiInstance = new MetadataApi(configuration);

// input image path
var fileInfo = new GroupDocs.Metadata.Cloud.Sdk.Model.FileInfo
{
    FilePath = "input.jpg"
};

// define metadata remove options
var options = new RemoveOptions
{
    FileInfo = fileInfo,
    SearchCriteria = new SearchCriteria
    {
        TagOptions = new TagOptions
        {
            PossibleName = "Copyright"
        }
    }
};

// remove request
var request = new RemoveRequest(options);
var response = apiInstance.Remove(request);

ManipulateMetadataImages_CSharp_UploadFile.cs

// api initialization
FileApi fileApi = new FileApi(configuration);
string path = @"C:\Files";

var file = Directory.GetFiles(path, "input.jpg", SearchOption.AllDirectories).FirstOrDefault();
if (file.Length != 0)
{
    var relativeFilePath = file.Replace(path, string.Empty).Trim(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);

    var fileStream = File.Open(file, FileMode.Open);

    fileApi.UploadFile(new UploadFileRequest(relativeFilePath, fileStream, myStorage));
    fileStream.Close();
}