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List All Retention Policies

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List All Retention Policies

To list all Retention Policies that have been created in an enterprise, call the GET /retention_policies API endpoint.

cURL
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/retention_policies" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
TypeScript Gen
await client.retentionPolicies.getRetentionPolicies();
Python Gen
client.retention_policies.get_retention_policies()
.NET Gen
await client.RetentionPolicies.GetRetentionPoliciesAsync();
Java
Iterable<BoxRetentionPolicy.Info> policies = BoxRetentionPolicy.getAll(api);
for (BoxRetentionPolicy.Info policyInfo : policies) {
	// Do something with the retention policy.
}
Python
retention_policies = client.get_retention_policies()
for policy in retention_policies:
    print(f'The policy ID is {policy.id} and the name is {policy.policy_name}')
.NET
BoxCollectionMarkerBased<BoxRetentionPolicy> policies = await client.RetentionPoliciesManager
    .GetRetentionPoliciesAsync();
Node
client.retentionPolicies.getAll({ policy_name: 'Tax' }).then((policies) => {
	/* policies -> {
			entries:
			[ { type: 'retention_policy',
				id: '123456789',
				name: 'Tax Documents' } ],
			limit: 100,
			next_marker: 'someMarkerString' }
		*/
});
iOS
let iterator = client.retentionPolicy.list(type: .indefinite)
iterator.next { results in
    switch results {
    case let .success(page):
        for policy in page.entries {
            print("Retention policy \(policy.id)")
        }
        
    case let .failure(error):
        print(error)
    }
}

Required Scopes

Before using any of the Retention Policy APIs, an application must have the right scopes enabled. See Required Scopes for more details.