Create legal hold

curl --request POST \
  --url https://public-api.granola.ai/v1/legal-holds \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "X v. Y",
  "covers_entire_workspace": false,
  "description": "Preservation notice 2026-08-12",
  "custodians": [
    {
      "email": "person@example.com",
      "id": "usr_9Kd2mPq7Rt4Xyz"
    }
  ]
}
'

import requests

url = "https://public-api.granola.ai/v1/legal-holds"

payload = {
    "name": "X v. Y",
    "covers_entire_workspace": False,
    "description": "Preservation notice 2026-08-12",
    "custodians": [
        {
            "email": "person@example.com",
            "id": "usr_9Kd2mPq7Rt4Xyz"
        }
    ]
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'X v. Y',
    covers_entire_workspace: false,
    description: 'Preservation notice 2026-08-12',
    custodians: [{email: 'person@example.com', id: 'usr_9Kd2mPq7Rt4Xyz'}]
  })
};

fetch('https://public-api.granola.ai/v1/legal-holds', 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://public-api.granola.ai/v1/legal-holds",
  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([
    'name' => 'X v. Y',
    'covers_entire_workspace' => false,
    'description' => 'Preservation notice 2026-08-12',
    'custodians' => [
        [
                'email' => 'person@example.com',
                'id' => 'usr_9Kd2mPq7Rt4Xyz'
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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://public-api.granola.ai/v1/legal-holds"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"X v. Y\",\n  \"covers_entire_workspace\": false,\n  \"description\": \"Preservation notice 2026-08-12\",\n  \"custodians\": [\n    {\n      \"email\": \"person@example.com\",\n      \"id\": \"usr_9Kd2mPq7Rt4Xyz\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")

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

	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://public-api.granola.ai/v1/legal-holds")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"X v. Y\",\n  \"covers_entire_workspace\": false,\n  \"description\": \"Preservation notice 2026-08-12\",\n  \"custodians\": [\n    {\n      \"email\": \"person@example.com\",\n      \"id\": \"usr_9Kd2mPq7Rt4Xyz\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://public-api.granola.ai/v1/legal-holds")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"X v. Y\",\n  \"covers_entire_workspace\": false,\n  \"description\": \"Preservation notice 2026-08-12\",\n  \"custodians\": [\n    {\n      \"email\": \"person@example.com\",\n      \"id\": \"usr_9Kd2mPq7Rt4Xyz\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "lgh_Abc123XyZ456De",
  "object": "legal_hold",
  "name": "X v. Y",
  "description": "Preservation notice 2026-08-12",
  "covers_entire_workspace": false,
  "custodian_count": 3,
  "created_at": "2026-09-21T10:00:00Z",
  "released_at": null
}