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Box Retention Policies API

A retention policy blocks permanent deletion of contentfor a specified amount of time. Admins can createretention policies and then assign them tospecific folders or their entire enterprise.

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Box Retention Policies API is one of 81 APIs that Box publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Retention Policies. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 6 operations across 3 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.box.com/2.0.

6 operations 3 paths 10 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://account.box.com/api/oauth2
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Box Retention Policies API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2Security) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 9 scopes.

Paths & Operations 6

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Retention Policies 6

A retention policy blocks permanent deletion of content for a specified amount of time. Admins can create retention policies and then assign them to specific folders or their enti…

GET
/retention_policies
Box List retention policies
get_retention_policies 6 params → 200400404default
POST
/retention_policies
Box Create retention policy
post_retention_policies body → 201400409default
GET
/retention_policies/{retention_policy_id}
Box Get retention policy
get_retention_policies_id 2 params → 200default
PUT
/retention_policies/{retention_policy_id}
Box Update retention policy
put_retention_policies_id 1 param body → 200400403409default
DELETE
/retention_policies/{retention_policy_id}
Box Delete retention policy
delete_retention_policies_id 1 param → 204403404default
GET
/retention_policies/{retention_policy_id}/assignments
Box List retention policy assignments
get_retention_policies_id_assignments 5 params → 200400default

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ClientError (7 properties), ClientError_2 (7 properties), User--Base (2 properties), RetentionPolicy--Base (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ClientError
object
A generic error
7 properties
User--Mini
object
A mini representation of a user, as can be returned when nested within other resources.
RetentionPolicy
object
A retention policy blocks permanent deletion of content for a specified amount of time. Admins can create retention policies and then later assign them to spec…
RetentionPolicy--Base
object
A base representation of a retention policy.
2 properties 2 required
User--Base
object
A mini representation of a user, used when nested within another resource.
2 properties 2 required
RetentionPolicies
object
A list of retention policies.
RetentionPolicy--Mini
object
A mini representation of a retention policy, used when nested within another resource.
RetentionPolicies_2
object
A list of retention policies.
RetentionPolicyAssignments
object
A list of retention policy assignments.
ClientError_2
object
A generic error
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

box-retention-policies-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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ID
box:box-retention-policies-api
Base URL
https://account.box.com/api/oauth2
Docs
https://developer.box.com/reference/get-authorize
Provider
Box
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