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Get legal hold policy

get
https://api.box.com/2.0
/legal_hold_policies/:legal_hold_policy_id

This endpoint is in the version 2024.0. No changes are required to continue using it. For more details, see Box API versioning.

Retrieve a legal hold policy.

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Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json

Path Parameters

stringin pathrequired
324432

The ID of the legal hold policy

Response

application/jsonLegal hold policy

Returns a legal hold policy object.

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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Get legal hold policy
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Request Example

cURL
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/legal_hold_policies/324432" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
TypeScript Gen
await client.legalHoldPolicies.getLegalHoldPolicyById(legalHoldPolicyId);
Python Gen
client.legal_hold_policies.get_legal_hold_policy_by_id(legal_hold_policy_id)
.NET Gen
await client.LegalHoldPolicies.GetLegalHoldPolicyByIdAsync(legalHoldPolicyId: legalHoldPolicyId);
Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.legalHoldPolicies.getLegalHoldPolicyById(legalHoldPolicyId: legalHoldPolicyId)
Java
BoxLegalHoldPolicy policy = new BoxLegalHoldPolicy(api, id);
BoxLegalHoldPolicy.Info policyInfo = policy.getInfo();
Python
legal_hold_policy = client.legal_hold_policy(policy_id='12345').get()
print(f'The "{legal_hold_policy.policy_name}" policy is {legal_hold_policy.status}')
.NET
BoxLegalHoldPolicy policy = await client.LegalHoldPoliciesManager.GetLegalHoldPolicyAsync("11111");
Node
client.legalHoldPolicies.get('11111')
	.then(policy => {
		/* policy -> {
			type: 'legal_hold_policy',
			id: '11111',
			policy_name: 'IRS Audit',
			description: '',
			status: 'active',
			assignment_counts: { user: 1, folder: 0, file: 0, file_version: 0 },
			created_by: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '22222',
				name: 'Example User',
				login: 'user@example.com' },
			created_at: '2016-05-18T10:28:45-07:00',
			modified_at: '2016-05-18T11:25:59-07:00',
			deleted_at: null,
			filter_started_at: '2016-05-17T01:00:00-07:00',
			filter_ended_at: '2016-05-21T01:00:00-07:00' }
		*/
	});
iOS
client.legalHolds.get(policyId: "22222", fields: ["name", "created_at"]) { (result: Result<LegalHoldPolicy, BoxSDKError>) in
    guard case let .success(policy) = result else {
        print("Error getting policy information")
        return
    }
    print("Legal hold policy \(policy.id) was created at \(policy.createdAt)")
}

Response Example

{
  "id": "11446498",
  "type": "legal_hold_policy",
  "assignment_counts": {
    "file": 3,
    "file_version": 4,
    "folder": 2,
    "user": 1
  },
  "created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "created_by": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "user",
    "login": "ceo@example.com",
    "name": "Aaron Levie"
  },
  "deleted_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "description": "Postman created policy",
  "filter_ended_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "filter_started_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "policy_name": "Policy 4",
  "release_notes": "Example",
  "status": "active"
}