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# NSPasteboard.DetectedMetadata

An object that contains common types of metadata that the data detection system matches for a pasteboard.

```
struct DetectedMetadata
```

## Topics

### Accessing metadata

[`var metadataTypes: Set<PartialKeyPath<NSPasteboard.DetectedMetadata>>`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPasteboard/DetectedMetadata/metadataTypes)

A set of key paths that represent metadata types that the data detection system identifies.

[`var contentType: UTType?`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPasteboard/DetectedMetadata/contentType)

The content type of a file that the data detection system identifies when the pasteboard contains a file URL.


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