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Update legal hold policy

put
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.

Update legal hold policy.

Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json

Path Parameters

stringin pathrequired
324432

The ID of the legal hold policy

Request Body

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

A description for the policy.

stringin bodyoptional
"Sales Policy"
254

The name of the policy.

stringin bodyoptional
"Required for GDPR"
500

Notes around why the policy was released.

Response

application/jsonLegal hold policy

Returns a new legal hold policy object.

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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Update legal hold policy
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Request Example

cURL
curl -i -X PUT "https://api.box.com/2.0/legal_hold_policies/324432" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
     -H "content-type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "policy_name": "Policy 4"
     }'
TypeScript Gen
await client.legalHoldPolicies.updateLegalHoldPolicyById(legalHoldPolicyId, {
  requestBody: {
    policyName: updatedLegalHoldPolicyName,
  } satisfies UpdateLegalHoldPolicyByIdRequestBody,
} satisfies UpdateLegalHoldPolicyByIdOptionalsInput);
Python Gen
client.legal_hold_policies.update_legal_hold_policy_by_id(
    legal_hold_policy_id, policy_name=updated_legal_hold_policy_name
)
.NET Gen
await client.LegalHoldPolicies.UpdateLegalHoldPolicyByIdAsync(legalHoldPolicyId: legalHoldPolicyId, requestBody: new UpdateLegalHoldPolicyByIdRequestBody() { PolicyName = updatedLegalHoldPolicyName });
Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.legalHoldPolicies.updateLegalHoldPolicyById(legalHoldPolicyId: legalHoldPolicyId, requestBody: UpdateLegalHoldPolicyByIdRequestBody(policyName: updatedLegalHoldPolicyName))
Java
BoxLegalHoldPolicy policy = new BoxLegalHoldPolicy(api, id);
BoxLegalHoldPolicy.Info policyInfo = policy.new Info();
info.setDescription("new description");
info.setPolicyName("new policy name");
policy.updateInfo(info);
Python
policy_update = {'description': 'New Description', 'release_notes': 'Example Notes'}
updated_policy = client.legal_hold_policy(policy_id='12345').update_info(data=policy_update)
.NET
var updates = new BoxLegalHoldPolicyRequest()
{
    Description = "Hold for documents related to the IRS audit"
};
BoxLegalHoldPolicy updatedPolicy = await client.LegalHoldPoliciesManager
    .UpdateLegalHoldPolicyAsync("11111", updates);
Node
client.legalHoldPolicies.update('11111', {description: 'Documents related to IRS audit'})
	.then(policy => {
		/* policy -> {
			type: 'legal_hold_policy',
			id: '11111',
			policy_name: 'IRS Audit',
			description: 'Documents related to IRS audit',
			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.update(policyId: "1234", policyName: "New Name") { (result: Result<LegalHoldPolicy, BoxSDKError>) in
    guard case let .success(policy) = result else {
        print("Error updating legal hold policy")
        return
    }
    print("Updated legal hold policy name is \"\(policy.name)\"")
}

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"
}