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POST
/
v1
/
legal_holds
/
{legal_hold_id}
/
export
Export a legal hold
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.notion.com/admin/v1/legal_holds/{legal_hold_id}/export \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Notion-Version: <notion-version>' \
  --data '
{
  "legal_hold_export_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "requesting_user_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.notion.com/admin/v1/legal_holds/{legal_hold_id}/export"

payload = {
"legal_hold_export_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"requesting_user_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}
headers = {
"Notion-Version": "<notion-version>",
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Notion-Version': '<notion-version>',
Authorization: 'Bearer <token>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
legal_hold_export_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
requesting_user_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'
})
};

fetch('https://api.notion.com/admin/v1/legal_holds/{legal_hold_id}/export', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.notion.com/admin/v1/legal_holds/{legal_hold_id}/export",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'legal_hold_export_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
'requesting_user_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json",
"Notion-Version: <notion-version>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.notion.com/admin/v1/legal_holds/{legal_hold_id}/export"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"legal_hold_export_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"requesting_user_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Notion-Version", "<notion-version>")
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.notion.com/admin/v1/legal_holds/{legal_hold_id}/export")
.header("Notion-Version", "<notion-version>")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"legal_hold_export_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"requesting_user_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.notion.com/admin/v1/legal_holds/{legal_hold_id}/export")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Notion-Version"] = '<notion-version>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"legal_hold_export_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"requesting_user_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "legal_hold_export_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}
{
"type": "error",
"code": "validation_error",
"status": 400,
"message": "The request body is invalid."
}
{
"type": "error",
"code": "unauthorized",
"status": 401,
"message": "Unauthorized."
}
{
"type": "error",
"code": "forbidden",
"status": 403,
"message": "Forbidden."
}
{
"type": "error",
"code": "not_found",
"status": 404,
"message": "Not found."
}
{
"type": "error",
"code": "rate_limited",
"status": 429,
"message": "Rate limited."
}
{
"type": "error",
"code": "internal_server_error",
"status": 500,
"message": "An unexpected error occurred."
}
The organization bot token must have the following scopes:
  • legal-hold:export

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Headers

Notion-Version
enum<string>
required

The Admin API version to use for this request.

Available options:
2026-06-01

Path Parameters

Body

application/json
requesting_user_id
string<uuid>
required

Response