List retention policy rows
Settings module
GET/retention-policiesretentionPolicies.list
Retention of soft-deleted rows per table. Returns a cursor page of retention policy rows the caller may see. The default order is `table_name` ascending. Supports sparse fieldsets and the filter grammar.
- Requires the capability data.retention.write.
- OAuth scopes: data.
- Cursor-paginated: limit, cursor, fields, sort and filter apply.
- Error statuses: 400, 401, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.
Path and query parameters
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | Limit | No | Page size. Default 50, maximum 200.Constraints: range 1 to 200 |
| cursor | Cursor | No | Opaque cursor from `next_cursor` of the previous page.Constraints: length 1 to any |
| fields | Fields | No | Sparse fieldset: a comma-separated list of top-level fields to return. `id` is always returned.Constraints: pattern ^[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*(,[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)*$ |
| sort | Sort | No | Sort keys, comma-separated; a leading `-` sorts descending. Without `sort`, the documented default order applies (coded lists sort in numeric code order).Constraints: pattern ^-?[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*(,-?[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)*$ |
| filter | Filter | No | Filter grammar `filter[field][op]=value`. Operators: eq, ne, lt, lte, gt, gte, in (comma-separated values), is_null (true or false) and contains. Conditions combine with AND. |
Response 200: a page of RetentionPolicy
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| table_name | string | Yes | Table.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$ |
| basis | "Soft Deleted" | "Age" | null | Yes | What starts the retention clock. |
| time_column | string | null | Yes | Column that starts the clock.Constraints: length 1 to 300 |
| retention | string | null | Yes | How long rows are kept, as an interval.Constraints: length 1 to 300 |
| purge_method | "Delete" | "Drop Partition" | "Account Lifecycle" | null | Yes | How expired rows leave. |
| redact_personal_data_after | string | null | Yes | When personal data in the table is redacted, if ever.Constraints: length 1 to 300 |
| rationale | string | null | Yes | Why the period was chosen.Constraints: length 1 to 2000 |
{
"data": [
{
"table_name": "app.activity_events",
"basis": "Soft Deleted",
"time_column": "deleted_at",
"retention": "7 years",
"purge_method": "Delete",
"redact_personal_data_after": "90 days",
"rationale": "Tax records are kept seven years."
}
],
"next_cursor": null
}Code samples
curl -X GET "$XOS_BASE_URL/retention-policies" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY"for await (const row of xos.retentionPolicies.listAll()) {
console.log(row);
}for row in xos.retention_policies.list_all():
print(row)xos retention-policies list --all