METADATA

Changes the specified channel, user, or network metadata entry to the specified value.

Connection Phases

This message can be used in the following connection phases:

Connection Phase	Usable?
Connecting outbound	❌
Authenticating outbound	❌
Authenticating inbound	❌
Fully connected	✔️

Syntax

[:<sid>] METADATA <channel> <ts> <key> [<value>]

[:<sid>] METADATA <uid> <key> [<value>]

[:<sid>] METADATA {@} <uid> <channel> <ts> <membid> <key> [<value>]

[:<sid>] METADATA {*} <key> [<value>]

Parameter	Description
<channel>	The channel which the metadata applies to.
<membid>	The membership identifier which the metadata applies to.
<ts>	The time at which the channel was created.
<uid>	The user which the metadata applies to.
<key>	The name of the metadata entry.
<value>	The value of the metadata entry.

Some possible values for the key field are:

Name	Type	Description
accountid	User	The account identifier of the target user.
accountname	User	The account name of the target user.
accountnicks	User	A space-delimited list of nicknames associated with the target user's account.
auspex	Channel	Enables services servers receiving messages for the target channel even when it has no users in it.
ctitle	User	The custom WHOIS title of the target user.
filter	Server	A filter entry which is set on the originating server.
gateway-realhost	User	The hostname of the WebIRC gateway the target user connected via.
gateway-realip	User	The IP address of the WebIRC gateway the target user connected via.
mlock	Channel	The modes which are locked on the target channel and can not be changed.
modules	Server	A module state change on the originating server.
operquit	User	The quit message to show to server operators when the tatget user quits.
swhois	User	The custom WHOIS message of the target user.
topiclock	Channel	Marks the target channel as having an immutable topic.
webirc-gateway	User	The name of the WebIRC gateway that the target user connected via.

Example Usage

Changes the mlock channel metadata for #chan to channel modes n (noextmsg) and t (topiclock):

:36D METADATA #chan 1234567890 mlock :+nt

Changes the cap user metadata for user 36DAAAAAA:

:36D METADATA 36DAAAAAA caps :multi-prefix userhost-in-names capversion=3.2

[1206+] Changes the wibble membership metadata for user 36DAAAAAA on #chan:

:36D METADATA @ 36DAAAAAA #chan 1234567890 123 wibble :Wobble

Changes the wibble network metadata:

:36D METADATA * wibble :Wibble Wobble

History

1206

Support for membership metadata was added.