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    Create legal hold policy

    post
    https://api.box.com/2.0
    /legal_hold_policies

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

    Create a new legal hold policy.

    Request

    bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
    application/json

    Request Body

    stringin bodyoptional
    "A custom policy for the sales team"
    500

    A description for the policy.

    string (date-time)in bodyoptional
    "2012-12-18T10:53:43-08:00"
    500

    The filter end date.

    When this policy is applied using a custodian legal hold assignments, it will only apply to file versions created or uploaded inside of the date range. Other assignment types, such as folders and files, will ignore the date filter.

    Required if is_ongoing is set to false.

    string (date-time)in bodyoptional
    "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00"
    500

    The filter start date.

    When this policy is applied using a custodian legal hold assignments, it will only apply to file versions created or uploaded inside of the date range. Other assignment types, such as folders and files, will ignore the date filter.

    Required if is_ongoing is set to false.

    booleanin bodyoptional
    true

    Whether new assignments under this policy should continue applying to files even after initialization.

    When this policy is applied using a legal hold assignment, it will continue applying the policy to any new file versions even after it has been applied.

    For example, if a legal hold assignment is placed on a user today, and that user uploads a file tomorrow, that file will get held. This will continue until the policy is retired.

    Required if no filter dates are set.

    stringin bodyrequired
    "Sales Policy"
    254

    The name of the policy.

    Response

    application/jsonLegal hold policy

    Returns a new legal hold policy object.

    application/jsonClient error

    Returns an error if required parameters are missing, or neither is_ongoing or filter dates are specified.

    application/jsonClient error

    Returns an error if a policy with this name already exists.

    application/jsonClient error

    An unexpected client error.

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    Request Example

    cURL
    curl -i -X POST "https://api.box.com/2.0/legal_hold_policies" \
         -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
         -H "content-type: application/json" \
         -d '{
           "policy_name": "Policy 3",
           "description": "Automatic created policy"
         }'

    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"
    }