Change Folder Owner
Change Folder Owner
To change the owner of a folder, first invite the user you wish to transfer the folder to as a collaborator on the folder.
cURL
curl -i -X POST "https://api.box.com/2.0/collaborations" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{
"item": {
"type": "file",
"id": "11446498"
},
"accessible_by": {
"type": "user",
"login": "user@example.com"
},
"role": "editor"
}'.NET
// collaborate folder 11111 with user 22222
BoxCollaborationRequest requestParams = new BoxCollaborationRequest()
{
Item = new BoxRequestEntity()
{
Type = BoxType.folder,
Id = "11111"
},
Role = "editor",
AccessibleBy = new BoxCollaborationUserRequest()
{
Type = BoxType.user,
Id = "22222"
}
};
BoxCollaboration collab = await client.CollaborationsManager.AddCollaborationAsync(requestParams);Java
BoxCollaborator user = new BoxUser(api, "user-id")
BoxFolder folder = new BoxFolder(api, "folder-id");
folder.collaborate(user, BoxCollaboration.Role.EDITOR);Python
from boxsdk.object.collaboration import CollaborationRole
user = client.user(user_id='11111')
collaboration = client.folder(folder_id='22222').collaborate(user, CollaborationRole.VIEWER)
collaborator = collaboration.accessible_by
item = collaboration.item
has_accepted = 'has' if collaboration.status == 'accepted' else 'has not'
print(f'{collaborator.name} {has_accepted} accepted the collaboration to folder "{item.name}"')Node
// Invite user 123456 to collaborate on folder 987654
client.collaborations.createWithUserID('123456', '987654', client.collaborationRoles.EDITOR)
.then(collaboration => {
/* collaboration -> {
type: 'collaboration',
id: '11111',
created_by:
{ type: 'user',
id: '22222',
name: 'Inviting User',
login: 'inviter@example.com' },
created_at: '2016-11-16T21:33:31-08:00',
modified_at: '2016-11-16T21:33:31-08:00',
expires_at: null,
status: 'accepted',
accessible_by:
{ type: 'user',
id: '123456',
name: 'Collaborator User',
login: 'collaborator@example.com' },
role: 'editor',
acknowledged_at: '2016-11-16T21:33:31-08:00',
item:
{ type: 'folder',
id: '987654',
sequence_id: '0',
etag: '0',
name: 'Collaborated Folder' } }
*/
});iOS
client.collaborations.create(
itemType: "folder",
itemId: "22222",
role: .editor,
accessibleBy: "33333",
accessibleByType: .user
) { (result: Result<Collaboration, BoxSDKError>) in
guard case let .success(collaboration) = result else {
print("Error creating collaboration")
return
}
print("Collaboration successfully created")
}Then, update the created collaboration by changing the role of
that invited user to owner.
cURL
curl -X PUT https://api.box.com/2.0/collaborations/1234 \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{
"role": "owner"
}'
.NET
BoxCollaborationRequest requestParams = new BoxCollaborationRequest()
{
Id = "12345",
Role = "owner"
};
BoxCollaboration collab = await client.CollaborationsManager.EditCollaborationAsync(requestParams);
Java
Collection<BoxCollaboration.Info> pendingCollaborations = BoxCollaboration.getPendingCollaborations(api);
for (BoxCollaboration.Info collabInfo : pendingCollaborations) {
collabInfo.setRole(BoxCollaboration.Role.OWNER);
collabInfo.getResource().updateInfo(collabInfo);
}
Python
from boxsdk.object.collaboration import CollaborationRole, CollaborationStatus
collaboration = client.collaboration(collab_id='12345')
updated_collaboration = collaboration.update_info(CollaborationRole.OWNER)
Node
client.collaborations.update('12345', {role: client.collaborationRoles.OWNER})
.then(collaboration => {
// ...
});