# Can I update metadata manually through the API?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/can-i-update-metadata-manually-through-the-api/651675>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** other-dev\
**Created:** [November 9, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/can-i-update-metadata-manually-through-the-api/651675 "2020-11-09T00:40:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/can-i-update-metadata-manually-through-the-api/651675/1 "2020-11-09T00:40:27Z")

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I am tired of having incomplete MP3 metadata (despite having all the data in the ID3) tags. I would like to know if there the API allows updates to media files directly through the API?

If yes, can someone point me to the documentation on how I can do so? I’m going to build a script to scan my media files, read the ID3 tags and set them on the files.