diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
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--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
@@ -1782,13 +1782,73 @@ Example::
 Getting File Metadata
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Provides a json representation of the file metadata for an existing file where ``id`` is the database id of the file to replace or ``pid`` is the persistent id (DOI or Handle) of the file::
+Provides a json representation of the file metadata for an existing file where ``ID`` is the database id of the file to replace or ``PERSISTENT_ID`` is the persistent id (DOI or Handle) of the file
 
-    GET http://$SERVER/api/files/{id}/metadata
+A curl example using an ``ID``
 
-The current draft can also be viewed if you have permissions and pass your ``apiKey``::
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  export API_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+  export SERVER_URL=https://demo.dataverse.org
+  export ID=24
+
+  curl $SERVER_URL/api/files/$ID/metadata
+
+The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  curl https://demo.dataverse.org/api/files/24/metadata
+
+A curl example using a ``PERSISTENT_ID``
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  export API_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+  export SERVER_URL=https://demo.dataverse.org
+  export PERSISTENT_ID=doi:10.5072/FK2/AAA000
+
+  curl "$SERVER_URL/api/files/:persistentId/metadata?persistentId=$PERSISTENT_ID"
+
+The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  curl "https://demo.dataverse.org/api/files/:persistentId/metadata?persistentId=doi:10.5072/FK2/AAA000"
+
+The current draft can also be viewed if you have permissions and pass your API token
+
+A curl example using an ``ID``
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  export API_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+  export SERVER_URL=https://demo.dataverse.org
+  export ID=24
+
+  curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" $SERVER_URL/api/files/$ID/metadata/draft
+
+The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" https://demo.dataverse.org/api/files/24/metadata/draft
+
+A curl example using a ``PERSISTENT_ID``
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  export API_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+  export SERVER_URL=https://demo.dataverse.org
+  export PERSISTENT_ID=doi:10.5072/FK2/AAA000
+
+  curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" "$SERVER_URL/api/files/:persistentId/metadata/draft?persistentId=$PERSISTENT_ID"
+
+The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
 
-    GET http://$SERVER/api/files/{id}/metadata/draft?key={apiKey}
+  curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" "https://demo.dataverse.org/api/files/:persistentId/metadata/draft?persistentId=doi:10.5072/FK2/AAA000"
 
 Note: The ``id`` returned in the json response is the id of the file metadata version.