https://github.com/davidstrauss/google-drive-recursive-ownership
Tool to recursively give away file and document ownership to another user.
https://github.com/davidstrauss/google-drive-recursive-ownership
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Tool to recursively give away file and document ownership to another user.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/davidstrauss/google-drive-recursive-ownership
- Owner: davidstrauss
- License: mit
- Created: 2014-09-15T18:22:06.000Z (over 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-03-20T06:12:11.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-29T23:08:09.814Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: google-docs, google-docs-api, google-drive, google-drive-api, gsuite
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 27.3 KB
- Stars: 277
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 71
- Open Issues: 21
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Google Drive Recursive Ownership Tool
### Supported Files
G Suite for Government and G Suite for Education accounts can change ownership of any file owned by the current user, including uploaded/synced files suchs as PDFs.
Other Google Accounts such as G Suite for Business or Personal Google Accounts can only transfer ownership of Google files (Docs, Sheets, Sildes, Forms, Drawings, My Maps, and folders).
NOTE: Ownership can only be transferred to members of the same G Suite or Google domain. Ex. @gmail.com can only transfer to other @gmail.com addresses.
NOTE: The Google Drive API does not allow suppressing notifications for change of ownership if the _if_ the new owner does not already have access to the file. However, if the new owner _already_ has access to the file, upgrading their permissions to ownership will _not_ generate a notification.
### Setup
git clone https://github.com/davidstrauss/google-drive-recursive-ownership
pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client oauth2client six
### Usage
First, replace the [sample](https://github.com/gsuitedevs/python-samples/blob/d4fa75401e9b637f67da6fe021801d8b4cbd8cd0/drive/driveapp/client_secrets.json) `client_secrets.json` with your own [client secrets](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/blob/master/docs/client-secrets.md). Otherwise, authorizations you create will be usable by anyone with access to the sample key (the entire internet).
Next, if `transfer.py` is contained in a folder listed in your system's `PATH` this can be run from anywhere. Otherwise it needs to be run from the directory where `transfer.py` is located.
python transfer.py PATH-PREFIX NEW-OWNER-EMAIL SHOW-ALREADY-OWNER
- `PATH-PREFIX` assumes use of "/" or "\" as appropriate for your operating system.
* The `PATH-PREFIX` folder must be in **My Drive** section. For shared folders right click and select _Add to My Drive_.
- `SHOW-ALREADY-OWNER` "`true`"|"`false`" (default `true`) to hide feedback for files already set correctly.
Windows Example:
python transfer.py "Folder 1\Folder 2\Folder 3" [email protected] true
Mac/Linux Example:
python transfer.py "Folder 1/Folder 2/Folder 3" [email protected] false