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Force-apply metadata cascade policy to folder

post

https://api.box.com/2.0

/metadata_cascade_policies/:metadata_cascade_policy_id/apply

Force the metadata on a folder with a metadata cascade policy to be applied to all of its children. This can be used after creating a new cascade policy to enforce the metadata to be cascaded down to all existing files within that folder.

Related Guides

Metadata Force-apply metadata to all items in a folder

Request

authorizationbearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]

content-typeapplication/json

Path Parameters

metadata_cascade_policy_id stringin pathrequired

example6fd4ff89-8fc1-42cf-8b29-1890dedd26d7

The ID of the cascade policy to force-apply.

Request Body

conflict_resolution stringin bodyrequired

example"none"

Describes the desired behavior when dealing with the conflict where a metadata template already has an instance applied to a child.

none will preserve the existing value on the file
overwrite will force-apply the templates values over any existing values.

Value is one of none,overwrite

Response

202none

Returns an empty response when the API call was successful. The metadata cascade operation will be performed asynchronously.

The API call will return directly, before the cascade operation is complete. There is currently no API to check for the status of this operation.

404application/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.

defaultapplication/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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Force-apply metadata cascade policy to folder

You can now try out some of our APIs live, right here in the documentation.

Request Example

cURL

curl -i -X POST "https://api.box.com/2.0/metadata_cascade_policies/21312/apply" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
     -H "content-type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "conflict_resolution": "overwrite"
     }'

TypeScript Gen

await client.metadataCascadePolicies.applyMetadataCascadePolicy(
  cascadePolicyId,
  {
    conflictResolution:
      'overwrite' as ApplyMetadataCascadePolicyRequestBodyConflictResolutionField,
  } satisfies ApplyMetadataCascadePolicyRequestBody,
);

Python Gen

client.metadata_cascade_policies.apply_metadata_cascade_policy(
    cascade_policy_id, ApplyMetadataCascadePolicyConflictResolution.OVERWRITE.value
)

.NET Gen

await client.MetadataCascadePolicies.ApplyMetadataCascadePolicyAsync(metadataCascadePolicyId: cascadePolicyId, requestBody: new ApplyMetadataCascadePolicyRequestBody(conflictResolution: ApplyMetadataCascadePolicyRequestBodyConflictResolutionField.Overwrite));

Swift Gen (Beta)

try await client.metadataCascadePolicies.applyMetadataCascadePolicy(metadataCascadePolicyId: cascadePolicyId, requestBody: ApplyMetadataCascadePolicyRequestBody(conflictResolution: ApplyMetadataCascadePolicyRequestBodyConflictResolutionField.overwrite))

Java

String cascadePolicyID = "e4392a41-7de5-4232-bdf7-15e0d6bba067";
BoxMetadataCascadePolicy policy = new BoxMetadataCascadePolicy(api, cascadePolicyID);
policy.forceApply("none");

Python

from boxsdk.object.metadata_cascade_policy import CascadePolicyConflictResolution

cascade_policy = client.metadata_cascade_policy(policy_id='84113349-794d-445c-b93c-d8481b223434')
cascade_policy.force_apply(CascadePolicyConflictResolution.PRESERVE_EXISTING)
print('Cascade policy was force applied!')

.NET

string policyId = "11111";
string conflictResolution = Constants.ConflictResolution.Overwrite
BoxMetadataCascadePolicy newCascadePolicy = client.MetadataCascadePolicyManager
    .ForceApplyCascadePolicyAsync(policyId, conflictResolution);

Node

var policyID = '84113349-794d-445c-b93c-d8481b223434';
client.metadata.forceApplyCascadePolicy(policyID, client.metadata.cascadeResolution.PRESERVE_EXISTING)
	.then(() => {
		// application started — no value returned
	});