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# Policy Preview from IPFS

### POLICY PREVIEW FROM IPFS

## Policy preview from IPFS

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/policies/import/message/preview`

Previews the policy from IPFS without loading it into the local DB. Only users with the Standard Registry role are allowed to make the request.

#### Request Body

| Name                                        | Type   | Description                                                                                         |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| messageID<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | Object | Object that contains the identifier of the Hedera message which contains the IPFS CID of the policy |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK Successful Operation" %}

```javascript
{
    content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PreviewPolicy'
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="401: Unauthorized Unauthorized" %}

```javascript
{
    // Response
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="403: Forbidden Forbidden" %}

```javascript
{
    // Response
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="500: Internal Server Error Internal Server Error" %}

```javascript
{
    content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}