caterva2.client.Dataset.vlmeta

property Dataset.vlmeta

Returns a mapping of metalayer names to their respective values.

This is used to access variable-length metalayers (user attributes) associated with the file.

>>> import caterva2 as cat2
>>> client = cat2.Client('https://demo.caterva2.net')
>>> root = client.get('example')
>>> file = root['ds-sc-attr.b2nd']
>>> file.vlmeta
{'a': 1, 'b': 'foo', 'c': 123.456}