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Classifications on files

Update classification on file

Updates a classification on a file.

The classification can only be updated if a classification has already been applied to the file before. When editing classifications, only values are defined for the enterprise will be accepted.

put/files/{file_id}/metadata/enterprise/securityClassification-6VMVochwUWo

Path parameters

file_idstring required

The unique identifier that represents a file.

The ID for any file can be determined by visiting a file in the web application and copying the ID from the URL. For example, for the URL https://*.app.box.com/files/123 the file_id is 123.

Response

Returns the updated classification metadata template instance.

Box__Security__Classification__Keystring

The name of the classification applied to the item.

$parentstring

The identifier of the item that this metadata instance has been attached to. This combines the type and the id of the parent in the form {type}_{id}.

$template'securityClassification-6VMVochwUWo'

The value will always be securityClassification-6VMVochwUWo.

$scopestring

The scope of the enterprise that this classification has been applied for.

This will be in the format enterprise_{enterprise_id}.

$versioninteger

The version of the metadata instance. This version starts at 0 and increases every time a classification is updated.

$typestring

The unique ID of this classification instance. This will be include the name of the classification template and a unique ID.

$typeVersionnumber

The version of the metadata template. This version starts at 0 and increases every time the template is updated. This is mostly for internal use.

$canEditboolean

Whether an end user can change the classification.

Example response

{
  "Box__Security__Classification__Key": "Sensitive",
  "$parent": "folder_59449484661,",
  "$template": "securityClassification-6VMVochwUWo",
  "$scope": "enterprise_27335",
  "$version": 1,
  "$type": "securityClassification-6VMVochwUWo-fd31537a-0f95-4d86-9f2b-5974a29978f8",
  "$typeVersion": 5,
  "$canEdit": true
}