Updating Collaboration to "Owner" and Creating collaboration to "Owner" not working using API

Hi,

I have been trying to update Folder collaboration using Python. Everything works except when i change role to "owner". I get message "item with same name already exists" when i try to update the collboration. According to API doc, it should demote owner to co-owner and co-owner to owner but not happening.

Also, when creating entirely new collaboration from API and adding user as owner. I am getting "Invalid value "owner" 'role' with value "owener" not found. Please let me know what am i missing here.

I tried POSTMAN and got the same issue as well.

For instance i used this code in python:

try:

url = API.BASE_API_URL+"/collaborations/"+collab_id

data = {

'role':'owner'

}

box_response = self._session.put(url, data=json.dumps(data))

return box_response.status_code

except BoxAPIException as ex:

print(ex)

Thanks in advance.

Bibek

Howard

April 13, 2017 09:34

For the owner error where you see that a name exists already, I believe that may be caused by the content the new owner has. Check with the new owner to see if they have a folder with the same name and then try to update your collaboration again.

bibek_k

April 13, 2017 09:42

HI Howard,

Thanks for the response. And yes, that was the case. I overlooked the fact that the user could have folder with the same name. I implemented the Folder rename in that case.

Appreciate your response. I marked it as solution.

thanks,

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