Use the Google Drive API to change the owner of files created through the account service
I use a service account to upload files to a shared folder in Google Drive.
After some time I discovered that files owned by the service account were consuming the service account's drive storage (my fault) and now I have run out of the service account's drive space.
I have delegated domain-wide permissions to the service account, so the new files will be owned by me and use my personal storage quota.
Do this: Delegate domain-wide permissions to a service account
And how to use the API key for the Google Drive API from PHP via google/apiclient
To avoid future errors and confusion, I want to change the owner of the old file. I keep getting this error:
{ "error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "Bad Request. User message: "You can't change the owner of this item."",
"errors": [ {
"message": "Bad Request. User message: "You can't change the owner of this item."",
"domain": "global",
"reason": "invalidSharingRequest"
} ]
}
}
This is my code using PHP client
$client = new Google_Client();
$client->setApplicationName('My Name');
$client->setScopes(Google_Service_Drive::DRIVE);
$client->setAuthConfig($my_credentials);
$client->setAccessType('offline');
//$client->setSubject('my_personal_account');
$service = new Google_Service_Drive($client);
$newPermission = new Google_Service_Drive_Permission();
$newPermission->setEmailAddress('my_personal_account');
$newPermission->setType('user');
$newPermission->setRole('owner');
$service->permissions->create(
$fileId,
$newPermission,
array("fields" => "id", "transferOwnership" => true)
);
I get the same error regardless of whether I use setSubject in the client or not. I have tried using
$newPermission->setRole('writer');
$newPermission->setPendingOwner(true);
But without success.
