Enhanced Metadata Storage and Refresh API in Insight

Arsenii

We've revamped our metadata storage and refresh mechanisms to provide a more reliable, scalable, and efficient experience when working with NFT collections metadata through Insight!

• Replaced the previous caching approach with a more permanent storage solution, ensuring faster retrieval and better consistency across requests.
• Metadata is now stored and accessed in a way that eliminates potential inconsistencies, making it the single source of truth for retrieval.

To give developers more control, we’ve introduced dedicated API endpoints for refreshing metadata on demand:

• Collection Metadata Refresh
  • GET v1/nfts/metadata/refresh/:contract_address
• Token Metadata Refresh
  • GET v1/nfts/metadata/refresh/:contract_address/:token_id
• Both endpoints fully support multichain operations via chain query parameters.
• Refreshing token metadata also ensures collection-level metadata stays up to date.

✅ Improved Data Consistency – Eliminates mismatches between different layers, ensuring metadata stays accurate.
✅ Simplified Architecture – No more juggling between temporary and permanent storage solutions.
✅ Better Scalability – Optimized for large-scale metadata operations, enabling more efficient handling of growing datasets.
✅ Multichain-Ready – Works seamlessly across chains, just like you’re used to.

We’re actively working on further performance optimizations by consolidating multiple separate queries into more efficient, single-fetch operations. This will unlock even faster metadata retrieval without sacrificing accuracy. Stay tuned with more updates to thirdweb Insight! 🚀