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craggleb
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

Changing Folder Owner Via API

Hi, I have been trying to use the API explorer to work out 1) who the owner of a folder is, and 2) then change the owner of the folder. The main issue I'm coming across is that using 'list_fold...
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  • TaylorKrusen's avatar
    TaylorKrusen
    6 years ago

    The error that you're seeing is the result of calling the 'list_folder_members' on a folder object rather than a file. 

    The relevant endpoints for this use case are list_folder_members to determine the owner of a specific folder and transfer_folder to actually transfer the folder to a new owner.

    Please feel free to reach out again if you need a hand!

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TaylorKrusen
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6 years ago

The error that you're seeing is the result of calling the 'list_folder_members' on a folder object rather than a file. 

The relevant endpoints for this use case are list_folder_members to determine the owner of a specific folder and transfer_folder to actually transfer the folder to a new owner.

Please feel free to reach out again if you need a hand!

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