# CacheGetMetadata

Get the item metadata for a specific entry or entries.

By default, the {@code cacheName} is set to {@code default}.

The default metadata for a BoxCache is:

* cacheName : The cachename the entry belongs to
* hits : How many hits the entry has
* timeout : The timeout in seconds
* lastAccessTimeout : The last access timeout in seconds
* created : When the entry was created
* lastAccessed : When the entry was last accessed
* key : The key used to cache it
* metadata : Any extra metadata stored with the entry
* isEternal : If the object has a timeout of 0

## Method Signature

```
CacheGetMetadata(id=[any], cacheName=[string])
```

### Arguments

| Argument    | Type     | Required | Description                                                         | Default   |
| ----------- | -------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| `id`        | `any`    | `true`   |                                                                     |           |
| `cacheName` | `string` | `false`  | The cache name to retrieve the id from, defaults to {@code default} | `default` |

## Examples

## Related

* [CacheClear](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheclear.md)
* [CacheCount](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachecount.md)
* [cacheDelete](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachedelete.md)
* [CacheGet](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheget.md)
* [CacheGetAll](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetall.md)
* [CacheGetAllIds](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetallids.md)
* [CacheGetAsAttempt](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetasattempt.md)
* [CacheGetDefaultCacheName](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetdefaultcachename.md)
* [CacheGetEngineProperties](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetengineproperties.md)
* [CacheGetOrFail](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetorfail.md)
* [CacheGetProperties](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetproperties.md)
* [CacheGetSession](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachegetsession.md)
* [CacheIdExists](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheidexists.md)
* [cacheKeyExists](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachekeyexists.md)
* [CachePut](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheput.md)
* [CacheRegionExists](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheregionexists.md)
* [CacheRegionNew](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheregionnew.md)
* [CacheRegionRemove](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheregionremove.md)
* [CacheRemove](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheremove.md)
* [CacheRemoveAll](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cacheremoveall.md)
* [CacheSetProperties](/boxlang-framework/modularity/compat-cfml/reference/built-in-functions/cache/cachesetproperties.md)


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