Get Retention Policy

Get Retention Policy

To get the information for a specific Retention Policy that has been created in an enterprise, call the GET /retention_policies/:id API endpoint with the id of the policy.

cURL
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/retention_policies/982312" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
.NET
BoxRetentionPolicy policy = await client.RetentionPoliciesManager.GetRetentionPolicyAsync("11111");
Java
// Get the policy name and status for a given retention policy
BoxRetentionPolicy policy = new BoxRetentionPolicy(api, id);
policy.getInfo("policy_name", "status");
Python
retention_policy = client.retention_policy(retention_id='12345').get()
print(f'Retention Policy ID is {retention_policy.id} and the name is {retention_policy.policy_name}')
Node
client.retentionPolicies.get('123456789').then((policy) => {
	/* policy -> {
			type: 'retention_policy',
			id: '123456789',
			policy_name: 'Tax Documents',
			policy_type: 'indefinite',
			retention_length: 'indefinite',
			retention_type: 'modifiable',
			description: 'Policy to retain all reports',
			disposition_action: 'remove_retention',
			can_owner_extend_retention: false,
			status: 'active',
			are_owners_notified: true,
			custom_notification_recipients: []
			assignment_counts: { enterprise: 0, folder: 1, metadata_template: 0 },
			created_by:
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '11111',
				name: 'Example User',
				login: 'user@example.com' },
			created_at: '2015-05-01T11:12:54-07:00',
			modified_at: '2015-06-08T11:11:50-07:00' }
		*/
});
iOS
client.retentionPolicy.get(policyId: "1234") { result  in
    guard case let .success(retentionPolicy) = result else {
        print("Error getting retention policy")
        return
    }

    print("Retention policy: \(retentionPolicy.id)")
}
TypeScript (Beta)
await client.retentionPolicies.getRetentionPolicyById(retentionPolicy.id);
Python (Beta)
client.retention_policies.get_retention_policy_by_id(retention_policy.id)
.NET (Beta)
await client.RetentionPolicies.GetRetentionPolicyByIdAsync(retentionPolicyId: retentionPolicy.Id);

Required Scopes

Before using any of the Retention Policy APIs, an application must have the right scopes enabled. See Required Scopes for more details.