# Feature request/discussion: Custom API metadata

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-discussion-custom-api-metadata/2474>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [24 May 2019 19:31 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-discussion-custom-api-metadata/2474 "2019-05-24T19:31:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![laurent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@laurent](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/laurent)\
**Post date:** [2 June 2021 12:11 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-discussion-custom-api-metadata/2474/9 "2021-06-02T12:11:17Z")

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Right, if you need the metadata to be synced you'd need to save it to the note itself. If it was really needed, I guess we could add a "userdata" field to notes which could be set by plugins and external apps, and it would be synced. I don't know if many plugins would need this though.

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