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Assign retention policy

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

Assigns a retention policy to an item.

Request

application/json

Request Body

objectin body

The item to assign the policy to

stringnulloptional
6564564

The ID of item to assign the policy to.

Set to null or omit when type is set to enterprise.

stringnulloptional
folder

The type of item to assign the policy to.

Value is one of enterprise,folder,metadata_template

stringin bodyrequired
173463

The ID of the retention policy to assign

Response

application/jsonRetention policy assignment

Returns a new retention policy assignment object.

application/jsonClient error

Returns an error if an id is specified while assigning a the retention policy to an enterprise.

application/jsonClient error

Returns an error if no retention policy with the given policy_id exists.

application/jsonClient error

Returns an error if a retention policy of equal or greater length has already been assigned to this item.

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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Assign retention policy
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Request Example

cURL
curl -X POST https://api.box.com/2.0/retention_policy_assignments \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>'
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json" '
     -d '{
       "policy_id": "173463",
       "assign_to": {
         "type": "folder",
         "id": "6564564"
       }
     }'
.NET
var assignmentParams = new BoxRetentionPolicyAssignmentRequest()
{
    PolicyId = "11111",
    AssignTo = new BoxRequestEntity()
    {
        Type = BoxType.folder,
        Id = "22222"
    }
};
BoxRetentionPolicyAssignment assignment = await client.RetentionPoliciesManager
    .CreateRetentionPolicyAssignmentAsync(assignmentParams);
Java
// Assign the policy to the entire enterprise
BoxRetentionPolicy policy = new BoxRetentionPolicy(api, policyID);
BoxRetentionPolicyAssignment.Info enterpriseAssignmentInfo = policy.assignToEnterprise();

// Assign the policy to a single folder
BoxFolder folder = new BoxFolder(api, folderID);
BoxRetentionPolicyAssignment.Info folderAssignmentInfo = policy.assignTo(folder);

// Assign the policy to all items with metadata template "f0dce190-8106-43ca-9d67-7dce9b10a55e"
BoxRetentionPolicyAssignment.Info metadataAssignmentInfo = policy.assignToMetadataTemplate("f0dce190-8106-43ca-9d67-7dce9b10a55e");
Python
folder = client.folder(folder_id='1111')
assignment = client.retention_policy(policy_id='12345').assign(folder)
print('Assignment ID is {0} and it is assigned by {1}'.format(assignment.id, assignment.assigned_by.name))
Node
client.retentionPolicies.assign('11111', 'folder', '22222')
	.then(assignment => {
		/* assignment -> {
			type: 'retention_policy_assignment',
			id: '12345',
			retention_policy: 
			{ type: 'retention_policy',
				id: '11111',
				policy_name: 'Tax Documents' },
			assigned_to: { type: 'folder', id: '22222' },
			assigned_by: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '33333',
				name: 'Example User',
				login: 'user@example.com' },
			assigned_at: '2015-07-20T14:28:09-07:00' }
		*/
	});