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Joakim Nystrom
Joakim Nystrom

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Changing ownership for files using Google Drive v3 API

#herebedragons #api #google #drive

This is just a warning fellow developers to waste hours to come to the same conclusion as I did.

With the v3 version of the Drive Api one cannot transfer ownership for files and folders using the Api for users using gmail.com.

If it's within a Workspace accounts you might pull it off. However, since approval is needed for transfer these days, you need to modify the permission request

// 💾 The old way const transaction = await drive.permissions.create({ fileId: fileId, resource: { role: "owner", // easy-peasy.... type: "user", emailAddress: newOwnerEmail, } });
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// 🙄 The new way const transaction = await drive.permissions.create({ fileId: fileId, resource: { role: "writer", // Share it to the new owner type: "user", emailAddress: newOwnerEmail, domain: 'everything-but-gmail.com', }, transferOwnership: true, //  });
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Hope this helps anyone out there!

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