getMetadata

Retrieves metadata from an article record and returns it as a normalized array of display objects. Useful for rendering metadata fields (authors, keywords, dates, etc.) in a consistent format.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
article	Article	✓	The article object to extract metadata from
metadata	KeyOf<Article>	✓	The field key to retrieve

Returns { display: string }[] — array of display objects, one per metadata value.

Example

get-metadata.ts

import { getMetadata } from '@sinequa/atomic';

const article = {
  id: '123',
  title: 'Sample Article',
  authors: ['John Doe', 'Jane Smith'],
  keywords: ['technology', 'research']
};

const authors = getMetadata(article, 'authors');
// [{ display: 'John Doe' }, { display: 'Jane Smith' }]

const keywords = getMetadata(article, 'keywords');
// [{ display: 'technology' }, { display: 'research' }]