FolderLocksManager

• List folder locks
• Create folder lock
• Delete folder lock

List folder locks

Retrieves folder lock details for a given folder.

You must be authenticated as the owner or co-owner of the folder to use this endpoint.

This operation is performed by calling function get_folder_locks.

See the endpoint docs at API Reference.

client.folder_locks.get_folder_locks(folder.id)

Arguments

• folder_id str
  • The unique identifier that represent a folder. The ID for any folder can be determined by visiting this folder in the web application and copying the ID from the URL. For example, for the URL https://*.app.box.com/folder/123 the folder_id is 123. The root folder of a Box account is always represented by the ID 0.
• extra_headers Optional[Dict[str, Optional[str]]]
  • Extra headers that will be included in the HTTP request.

Returns

This function returns a value of type FolderLocks.

Returns details for all folder locks applied to the folder, including the lock type and user that applied the lock.

Create folder lock

Creates a folder lock on a folder, preventing it from being moved and/or deleted.

You must be authenticated as the owner or co-owner of the folder to use this endpoint.

This operation is performed by calling function create_folder_lock.

See the endpoint docs at API Reference.

client.folder_locks.create_folder_lock(
    CreateFolderLockFolder(id=folder.id, type="folder"),
    locked_operations=CreateFolderLockLockedOperations(move=True, delete=True),
)

Arguments

• locked_operations Optional[CreateFolderLockLockedOperations]
  • The operations to lock for the folder. If locked_operations is included in the request, both move and delete must also be included and both set to true.
• folder CreateFolderLockFolder
  • The folder to apply the lock to.
• extra_headers Optional[Dict[str, Optional[str]]]
  • Extra headers that will be included in the HTTP request.

Returns

This function returns a value of type FolderLock.

Returns the instance of the folder lock that was applied to the folder, including the user that applied the lock and the operations set.

Delete folder lock

Deletes a folder lock on a given folder.

You must be authenticated as the owner or co-owner of the folder to use this endpoint.

This operation is performed by calling function delete_folder_lock_by_id.

See the endpoint docs at API Reference.

client.folder_locks.delete_folder_lock_by_id(folder_lock.id)

Arguments

• folder_lock_id str
  • The ID of the folder lock. Example: "12345"
• extra_headers Optional[Dict[str, Optional[str]]]
  • Extra headers that will be included in the HTTP request.

Returns

This function returns a value of type None.

Returns an empty response when the folder lock is successfully deleted.