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=== How do I access the metadata entries for a datastore object? ===
=== How do I access the metadata entries for a datastore object? ===
Every DSObject created by datastore.create() has a metadata property. This property refers to a [[#Class: DSMetadata | DSMetadata object]], which contains the metadata for your datastore object. The code below shows how to read metadata values by referring to the metadata property of a DSObject. metadata is a Python dictionary object.
Every DSObject created by datastore.create() has a metadata property. This property refers to a [[Low-level_Activity_API#Meta_Data]], which contains the metadata for your datastore object. The code below shows how to read metadata values by referring to the metadata property of a DSObject. metadata is a Python dictionary object.
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from sugar.datastore import datastore
from sugar.datastore import datastore
print my_dsobject.metadata['description']
print my_dsobject.metadata['description']
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