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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
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.
Request Example
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"
}
}'TypeScript Gen
await client.legalHoldPolicyAssignments.createLegalHoldPolicyAssignment({
policyId: legalHoldPolicyId,
assignTo: {
type: 'file' as CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToTypeField,
id: fileId,
} satisfies CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField,
} satisfies CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBody);Python Gen
client.legal_hold_policy_assignments.create_legal_hold_policy_assignment(
legal_hold_policy_id,
CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentAssignTo(
type=CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentAssignToTypeField.FILE.value, id=file_id
),
).NET Gen
await client.LegalHoldPolicyAssignments.CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentAsync(requestBody: new CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBody(policyId: legalHoldPolicyId, assignTo: new CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField(type: CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToTypeField.File, id: fileId)));Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.legalHoldPolicyAssignments.createLegalHoldPolicyAssignment(requestBody: CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBody(policyId: legalHoldPolicyId, assignTo: CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField(type: CreateLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToTypeField.file, id: fileId)))Java
BoxLegalHoldPolicy policy = new BoxLegalHoldPolicy(api, policyID);
BoxFolder folder = new BoxFolder(api, folderID);
policy.assignTo(folder);Python
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
var requestParams = new BoxLegalHoldPolicyAssignmentRequest()
{
PolicyId = "11111",
AssignTo = new BoxRequestEntity()
{
Type = "folder",
Id = "12345"
}
};
BoxLegalHoldPolicyAssignment assignment = await client.LegalHoldPoliciesManager
.CreateAssignmentAsync(requestParams);Node
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 }
*/
});iOS
client.legalHolds.forceApply(policyId: "1234", assignToId: "4568" ,assignToType: "file") { (result: Result<LegalHoldPolicyAssignment, BoxSDKError>) in
guard case let .success(assignment) = result else {
print("Error assigning legal hold policy")
return
}
print("Assigned a legal hold policy at \"\(assignment.assignedAt)\"")
}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": [
{
"id": "12345",
"etag": "1",
"type": "folder",
"sequence_id": "3",
"name": "Contracts"
}
],
"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"
}
}