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Get retention policy assignment

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https://api.box.com/2.0
/retention_policy_assignments/:retention_policy_assignment_id

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

Retrieves a retention policy assignment

Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json

Path Parameters

stringin pathrequired
1233123

The ID of the retention policy assignment.

Query Parameters

string arrayin queryoptional
id,type,name

A comma-separated list of attributes to include in the response. This can be used to request fields that are not normally returned in a standard response.

Be aware that specifying this parameter will have the effect that none of the standard fields are returned in the response unless explicitly specified, instead only fields for the mini representation are returned, additional to the fields requested.

Response

application/jsonRetention policy assignment

Returns the retention policy assignment object.

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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Request Example

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curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/retention_policy_assignments/1233123" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
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Response Example

{
  "id": "11446498",
  "type": "retention_policy_assignment",
  "assigned_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "assigned_by": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "user",
    "login": "ceo@example.com",
    "name": "Aaron Levie"
  },
  "assigned_to": {
    "id": "a983f69f-e85f-4ph4-9f46-4afdf9c1af65",
    "type": "metadata_template"
  },
  "filter_fields": [
    {
      "field": "a0f4ee4e-1dc1-4h90-a8a9-aef55fc681d4",
      "value": "0c27b756-0p87-4fe0-a43a-59fb661ccc4e"
    }
  ],
  "retention_policy": {
    "id": "12345",
    "type": "retention_policy",
    "disposition_action": "permanently_delete",
    "policy_name": "Some Policy Name",
    "retention_length": "365"
  },
  "start_date_field": "upload_date"
}