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GetDefaultRetentionPolicy - Amazon WorkMail

GetDefaultRetentionPolicy

Gets the default retention policy details for the specified organization.

Request Syntax

{ "OrganizationId": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

OrganizationId

The organization ID.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 34.

Pattern: ^m-[0-9a-f]{32}$

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "Description": "string", "FolderConfigurations": [ { "Action": "string", "Name": "string", "Period": number } ], "Id": "string", "Name": "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.

Description

The retention policy description.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

FolderConfigurations

The retention policy folder configurations.

Type: Array of FolderConfiguration objects

Id

The retention policy ID.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9_-]+

Name

The retention policy name.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9_-]+

Errors

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

EntityNotFoundException

The identifier supplied for the user, group, or resource does not exist in your organization.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidParameterException

One or more of the input parameters don't match the service's restrictions.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OrganizationNotFoundException

An operation received a valid organization identifier that either doesn't belong or exist in the system.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OrganizationStateException

The organization must have a valid state to perform certain operations on the organization or its members.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

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

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