def METHOD_NAME(data_portal_api_base: str, explorer_url: str):
    """
    Check the data portal metadata api for datasets stored under the given url_path
    If present return dataset metadata object else return None
    """
    headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json", "Accept": "application/json"}
    try:
        res = requests.get(url=f"{data_portal_api_base}/datasets/meta?url={explorer_url}/", headers=headers)
        if res.status_code == 200:
            dataset_identifiers = json.loads(res.content)
            return dataset_identifiers
        else:
            log_error_response_from_data_portal(res)
            return None
    except Exception:
        return None