---
name: "datalad-extract-metadata"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "datalad"
version: "0.14.0-1"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/datalad-extract-metadata"
---

# datalad-extract-metadata(1)

run one or more of DataLad's metadata extractors on a dataset or file.

## NAME

**datalad extract-metadata** - run one or more of DataLad's metadata extractors on a dataset or file.

## SYNOPSIS

**datalad extract-metadata** \[-h\] --type NAME \[-d DATASET\] \[FILE ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

The result(s) are structured like the metadata DataLad would extract during metadata aggregation. There is one result per dataset/file.

Examples:

Extract metadata with two extractors from a dataset in the current directory and also from all its files::

  $ datalad extract-metadata -d . --type frictionless\_datapackage --type datalad\_core

Extract XMP metadata from a single PDF that is not part of any dataset::

  $ datalad extract-metadata --type xmp Downloads/freshfromtheweb.pdf

## OPTIONS

- FILE

  Path of a file to extract metadata from. Constraints: value must be a string

- **-h**, **--help**, **--help-np**

  show this help message. --help-np forcefully disables the use of a pager for displaying the help message

- **--type** NAME

  Name of a metadata extractor to be executed. This option can be given more than once.

- **-d** *DATASET*, **--dataset** *DATASET*

  "Dataset to extract metadata from. If no FILE is given, metadata is extracted from all files of the dataset. Constraints: Value must be a Dataset or a valid identifier of a Dataset (e.g. a path)

## AUTHORS

 datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors \<team@datalad.org\>.