Storage: Unable to view object's metadata

[kondla]

Unfortunately, I am unable to retrieve any metadata for a blob using this script:

from google.cloud import storage

storage_client = storage.Client()
bucket = storage_client.bucket("best bucket")
blob = bucket.get_blob("sweetest blob") # has metadata visible in the UI

metadata = blob.metadata # is none

Maybe it helps: the blob does not have the fixed metadata (content_type) either. This makes me wonder, if there is something similar to the .patch() thing going on. E.g. that another call to the object is necessary to load the metadata.

The existing answers are for patching or setting metadata. I have looked at your discussion and stackoverflow.

Regarding viewing there is one unresolved stackoverflow question.

Help is greatly appreciated!