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Assign storage policy

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

Creates a storage policy assignment for an enterprise or user.

Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json

Request Body

objectin body

The user or enterprise to assign the storage policy to.

stringin bodyrequired
"9987987"

The ID of the user or enterprise

stringin bodyrequired
"user"

The type to assign the policy to.

Value is one of user,enterprise

objectin body

The storage policy to assign to the user or enterprise

stringin bodyrequired
"1434325"

The ID of the storage policy to assign.

stringin bodyrequired
"storage_policy"

The type to assign.

Value is always storage_policy

Response

application/jsonStorage policy assignment

Returns the new storage policy assignment created.

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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Assign storage policy
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Request Example

cURL
curl -i -X POST "https://api.box.com/2.0/storage_policy_assignments" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
     -H "content-type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "storage_policy": {
         "type": "storage_policy",
         "id": "1434325"
       },
       "assigned_to": {
         "type": "user",
         "id": "9987987"
       }
     }'
TypeScript Gen
await client.storagePolicyAssignments.createStoragePolicyAssignment({
  storagePolicy: new CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentRequestBodyStoragePolicyField(
    { id: policyId },
  ),
  assignedTo: {
    id: userId,
    type: 'user' as CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignedToTypeField,
  } satisfies CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignedToField,
} satisfies CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentRequestBody);
Python Gen
client.storage_policy_assignments.create_storage_policy_assignment(
    CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentStoragePolicy(id=policy_id),
    CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentAssignedTo(
        id=user_id, type=CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentAssignedToTypeField.USER
    ),
)
.NET Gen
await client.StoragePolicyAssignments.CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentAsync(requestBody: new CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentRequestBody(storagePolicy: new CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentRequestBodyStoragePolicyField(id: policyId), assignedTo: new CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignedToField(id: userId, type: CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignedToTypeField.User)));
Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.storagePolicyAssignments.createStoragePolicyAssignment(requestBody: CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentRequestBody(storagePolicy: CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentRequestBodyStoragePolicyField(id: policyId), assignedTo: CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignedToField(id: userId, type: CreateStoragePolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignedToTypeField.user)))
Java
BoxStoragePolicyAssignment.Info assignmentInfo = BoxStoragePolicyAssignment.assign(api, "1234", "5678");
Python
user = client.user(user_id='12345')
assignment = client.storage_policy(policy_id='56781').assign(user)
print(f'Assignment ID is {assignment.id} and the assignee id is {assignment.assigned_to.id}')
.NET
BoxStoragePolicyAssignment assignment = client.StoragePoliciesManager
    .CreateAssignmentAsync(userId: "22222", policyId: "6");
Node
client.storagePolicies.createAssignment('7', '22222')
    .then(assignment => {
        /* assignment -> {
            type: 'storage_policy_assignment',
            id: 'dXNlcl8yMjIyMg==',
            storage_policy: 'storage_policy', id: '7' },
            assigned_to: { type: 'user', id: '22222' } }
        */
    });
iOS
client.storagePolicy.assign(storagePolicyId: "1234", assignedToType: "user", assignedToId: "123") { (result: Result<StoragePolicyAssignment, BoxSDKError>) in
    guard case let .success(assignment) = result else {
        print("Error assigning a storage policy")
        return
    }
    print("Created storage policy assignment ID is \(assignment.id). The ID of the user it is assigned to \(assignment.assignedTo?.id)")
}

Response Example

{
  "id": "ZW50ZXJwcmlzZV8xMjM0NTY3ODkw",
  "type": "storage_policy_assignment",
  "assigned_to": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "file"
  },
  "storage_policy": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "storage_policy"
  }
}