# Access metadata

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/access-metadata/9719
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [June 1, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/access-metadata/9719 "2022-06-01T10:03:24Z")
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### Author: ![fvitello](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/fvitello/32/8783_2.png) [@fvitello](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fvitello)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/access-metadata/9719/1 "2022-06-01T10:03:24Z")

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Hi all,

in my c++ application I want to access (client side) the Metadata object I have added to the InformationObject object in my custom reader

```auto
outVec->GetInformationObject(0)->Set(META_DATA(), this->MetaData);

```

How can I access to this?