SearchIndexer.GetMetaInfo

Parameters

Returns

string Metadata of the document.

Description

Get metadata of a specific document.

using UnityEditor;
using UnityEditor.Search;

/// <summary>
/// Use GetMetaInfo to store some additional data about a specific document within the index db
/// that you can retrieve later if needed.
/// </summary>
static class Example_SearchIndexer_GetMetaInfo
{
    [MenuItem("Examples/SearchIndexer/GetMetaInfo")]
    public static void Run()
    {
        using var si = new SearchIndexer("SearchIndexerExample", FileUtil.GetUniqueTempPathInProject());
        si.Start();
        var newDocumentId = System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
        var di = si.AddDocument(newDocumentId);
        si.SetMetaInfo(newDocumentId, "Please save this data for later");
        si.Finish(removedDocuments: null);
    }
}