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Get metadata cascade policy

get
https://api.box.com/2.0
/metadata_cascade_policies/:metadata_cascade_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.

Retrieve a specific metadata cascade policy assigned to a folder.

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Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json

Path Parameters

stringin pathrequired
6fd4ff89-8fc1-42cf-8b29-1890dedd26d7

The ID of the metadata cascade policy.

Response

application/jsonMetadata cascade policy

Returns a metadata cascade policy.

application/jsonClient error

Returns an error when the policy can not be found or the user does not have access to the folder.

  • instance_not_found - The policy could not be found
  • not_found - The folder could not be found or the user does not have access to the folder.
application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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Request Example

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cURL
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/metadata_cascade_policies/324324" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
Node/TypeScript v10
await client.metadataCascadePolicies.getMetadataCascadePolicyById(
  cascadePolicyId,
);
Python v10
client.metadata_cascade_policies.get_metadata_cascade_policy_by_id(cascade_policy_id)
.NET v10
await client.MetadataCascadePolicies.GetMetadataCascadePolicyByIdAsync(metadataCascadePolicyId: cascadePolicyId);
Swift v10
try await client.metadataCascadePolicies.getMetadataCascadePolicyById(metadataCascadePolicyId: cascadePolicyId)
Java v10
client.getMetadataCascadePolicies().getMetadataCascadePolicyById(cascadePolicyId)
.NET v6
await client.MetadataCascadePolicies.GetMetadataCascadePolicyByIdAsync(metadataCascadePolicyId: cascadePolicyId);
Node v4
await client.metadataCascadePolicies.getMetadataCascadePolicyById(
  cascadePolicyId,
);

Response Example

{
  "id": "6fd4ff89-8fc1-42cf-8b29-1890dedd26d7",
  "type": "metadata_cascade_policy",
  "owner_enterprise": {
    "id": "690678",
    "type": "enterprise"
  },
  "parent": {
    "id": "1234567",
    "type": "folder"
  },
  "scope": "enterprise_123456",
  "templateKey": "productInfo"
}