# Getting name or provides from artifact before download/installation

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/getting-name-or-provides-from-artifact-before-download-installation/4760>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [March 17, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/getting-name-or-provides-from-artifact-before-download-installation/4760 "2022-03-17T12:19:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![ch3ckmat3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/ch3ckmat3/32/2272_2.png) [@ch3ckmat3](https://hub.mender.io/u/ch3ckmat3)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/getting-name-or-provides-from-artifact-before-download-installation/4760/5 "2024-11-24T15:38:40Z")

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This is a great workaround for the problem I just posted [here](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-can-we-add-more-metadata-to-menders-check-for-deployments-response/7348).

Although Mender can provide an additional endpoint, if they don’t want to break existing API, to fetch this metadata on demand.

cc: [@Admins](https://hub.mender.io/groups/admins) @MenderDevTeam

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