GetMetadataCommand Class

Namespace: Yubico.YubiKey.Piv.Commands Assembly: Yubico.YubiKey.dll

Get information about the key in a specified slot.

C#

public sealed class GetMetadataCommand : IYubiKeyCommand<GetMetadataResponse>

Inheritance object GetMetadataCommand

Implements

IYubiKeyCommand<GetMetadataResponse>

Remarks

The Get Metadata command is available on YubiKey version 5.3 and later.

The partner Response class is GetMetadataResponse.

See the User's Manual entry on getting metadata for specific information about what information is returned. Different slots return different sets of data.

Example:

IYubiKeyConnection connection = key.Connect(YubiKeyApplication.Piv);
GetMetadataCommand metadataCommand = new GetMetadataCommand(0x9A);
GetMetadataResponse metadataResponse = connection.SendCommand(metadataCommand);
if (metadataResponse.Status == ResponseStatus.Success)
{
    PivMetadata keyData = metadataResponse.GetData();
}

Constructors

Name	Description
GetMetadataCommand()	Initializes a new instance of the GetMetadataCommand class.
GetMetadataCommand(byte)	Initializes a new instance of the GetMetadataCommand class. This command takes the slot number as input.

Properties

Name	Description
Application	Gets the YubiKeyApplication to which this command belongs. For this command it's PIV.
SlotNumber	The slot for which the metadate is requested.

Methods

Name	Description
CreateCommandApdu()	Creates a well-formed CommandApdu to send to the YubiKey.
CreateResponseForApdu(ResponseApdu)	Creates the corresponding IYubiKeyResponse implementation for the current command.