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Assign legal hold policy

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

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

Assign a legal hold to a file, file version, folder, or user.

Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json

Request Body

objectin body

The item to assign the policy to.

stringin bodyrequired
"6564564"

The ID of item to assign the policy to.

stringin bodyrequired
"folder"

The type of item to assign the policy to.

Value is one of file,file_version,folder,user,ownership,interaction

stringin bodyrequired
"123244"

The ID of the policy to assign.

Response

application/jsonLegal hold policy assignment

Returns a new legal hold policy assignment.

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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Assign legal hold policy
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Request Example

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cURL
curl -i -X POST "https://api.box.com/2.0/legal_hold_policy_assignments" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
     -H "content-type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "policy_id": "123244",
       "assign_to": {
         "type": "folder",
         "id": "6564564"
       }
     }'
Node/TypeScript v10
await client.legalHoldPolicyAssignments.createLegalHoldPolicyAssignment({
  policyId: legalHoldPolicyId,
  assignTo: {
    type: 'file' as CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToTypeField,
    id: fileId,
  } satisfies CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField,
} satisfies CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBody);
Python v10
client.legal_hold_policy_assignments.create_legal_hold_policy_assignment(
    legal_hold_policy_id,
    CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentAssignTo(
        type=CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentAssignToTypeField.FILE, id=file_id
    ),
)
.NET v10
await client.LegalHoldPolicyAssignments.CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentAsync(requestBody: new CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBody(policyId: legalHoldPolicyId, assignTo: new CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField(type: CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToTypeField.File, id: fileId)));
Swift v10
try await client.legalHoldPolicyAssignments.createLegalHoldPolicyAssignment(requestBody: CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBody(policyId: legalHoldPolicyId, assignTo: CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField(type: CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToTypeField.file, id: fileId)))
Java v10
client.getLegalHoldPolicyAssignments().createLegalHoldPolicyAssignment(new CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBody(legalHoldPolicyId, new CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField(CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToTypeField.FILE, fileId)))
Java v4
BoxLegalHoldPolicy policy = new BoxLegalHoldPolicy(api, policyID);
BoxFolder folder = new BoxFolder(api, folderID);
policy.assignTo(folder);
Python v3
folder_to_assign = client.folder(folder_id='22222')
assignment = client.legal_hold_policy(policy_id'12345').assign(folder_to_assign)
print(f'Applied policy "{assignment.legal_hold_policy.policy_name}" to {assignment.assigned_to.type} {assignment.assigned_to.id}')
.NET v5
var requestParams = new BoxLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequest()
{
    PolicyId = "11111",
    AssignTo = new BoxRequestEntity()
    {
        Type = "folder",
        Id = "12345"
    }
};
BoxLegalHoldPolicyAssignment assignment = await client.LegalHoldPoliciesManager
    .CreateAssignmentAsync(requestParams);
Node v3
client.legalHoldPolicies.assign('11111', 'folder', '12345')
	.then(assignment => {
		/* assignment -> {
			type: 'legal_hold_policy_assignment',
			id: '22222',
			legal_hold_policy: 
			{ type: 'legal_hold_policy',
				id: '11111',
				policy_name: 'IRS Audit' },
			assigned_to: { type: 'folder', id: '12345' },
			assigned_by: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '33333',
				name: 'Example User',
				login: 'user@example.com' },
			assigned_at: '2016-05-18T17:38:03-07:00',
			deleted_at: null }
		*/
	});

Response Example

{
  "id": "11446498",
  "type": "legal_hold_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": "12345",
    "type": "file",
    "content_created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
    "content_modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
    "created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
    "created_by": {
      "id": "11446498",
      "type": "user",
      "login": "ceo@example.com",
      "name": "Aaron Levie"
    },
    "description": "Contract for Q1 renewal",
    "etag": "1",
    "file_version": {
      "id": "12345",
      "type": "file_version",
      "sha1": "134b65991ed521fcfe4724b7d814ab8ded5185dc"
    },
    "item_status": "active",
    "modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
    "modified_by": {
      "id": "11446498",
      "type": "user",
      "login": "ceo@example.com",
      "name": "Aaron Levie"
    },
    "name": "Contract.pdf",
    "owned_by": {
      "id": "11446498",
      "type": "user",
      "login": "ceo@example.com",
      "name": "Aaron Levie"
    },
    "parent": {
      "id": "12345",
      "type": "folder",
      "etag": "1",
      "name": "Contracts",
      "sequence_id": "3"
    },
    "path_collection": {
      "entries": [
        {
          "etag": "1",
          "id": "12345",
          "type": "folder",
          "name": "Contracts",
          "sequence_id": "3"
        }
      ],
      "total_count": 1
    },
    "purged_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
    "sequence_id": "3",
    "sha1": "85136C79CBF9FE36BB9D05D0639C70C265C18D37",
    "shared_link": {
      "access": "open",
      "download_count": 3,
      "download_url": "https://www.box.com/shared/static/rh935iit6ewrmw0unyul.jpeg",
      "effective_access": "company",
      "effective_permission": "can_download",
      "is_password_enabled": true,
      "permissions": {
        "can_download": true,
        "can_edit": false,
        "can_preview": true
      },
      "preview_count": 3,
      "unshared_at": "2018-04-13T13:53:23-07:00",
      "url": "https://www.box.com/s/vspke7y05sb214wjokpk",
      "vanity_name": "my_url",
      "vanity_url": "https://acme.app.box.com/v/my_url/"
    },
    "size": 629644,
    "trashed_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00"
  },
  "deleted_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "legal_hold_policy": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "legal_hold_policy"
  }
}