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GetLegalHold

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GetLegalHold - AWS Backup

This action returns details for a specified legal hold. The details are the body of a legal hold in JSON format, in addition to metadata.

Request Syntax

GET /legal-holds/legalHoldId/ HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

legalHoldId

The ID of the legal hold.

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "CancelDescription": "string", "CancellationDate": number, "CreationDate": number, "Description": "string", "LegalHoldArn": "string", "LegalHoldId": "string", "RecoveryPointSelection": { "DateRange": { "FromDate": number, "ToDate": number }, "ResourceIdentifiers": [ "string" ], "VaultNames": [ "string" ] }, "RetainRecordUntil": number, "Status": "string", "Title": "string" }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

CancelDescription

The reason for removing the legal hold.

Type: String

CancellationDate

The time when the legal hold was cancelled.

Type: Timestamp

CreationDate

The time when the legal hold was created.

Type: Timestamp

Description

The description of the legal hold.

Type: String

LegalHoldArn

The framework ARN for the specified legal hold. The format of the ARN depends on the resource type.

Type: String

LegalHoldId

The ID of the legal hold.

Type: String

RecoveryPointSelection

The criteria to assign a set of resources, such as resource types or backup vaults.

Type: RecoveryPointSelection object

RetainRecordUntil

The date and time until which the legal hold record is retained.

Type: Timestamp

Status

The status of the legal hold.

Type: String

Valid Values: CREATING | ACTIVE | CANCELING | CANCELED

Title

The title of the legal hold.

Type: String

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InvalidParameterValueException

Indicates that something is wrong with a parameter's value. For example, the value is out of range.

HTTP Status Code: 400

MissingParameterValueException

Indicates that a required parameter is missing.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

A resource that is required for the action doesn't exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceUnavailableException

The request failed due to a temporary failure of the server.

HTTP Status Code: 500

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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