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Overview
Use API_ChangeRecordOwner to change the owner of a record.
In Quickbase, a person who creates a record is the record owner. You can set up roles that restrict a record's view/modify access to the record owner. On occasion, you may need to transfer record ownership from one user to another. If you are using a technical support application, for instance, you might want to transfer ownership of a support incident (record) from one tech support rep to another.
You must have Full Administration rights on the application to use this call.
Request parameters
| Parameter | Value | Required? |
|---|---|---|
|
rid or key |
The record ID. Every record in every table has a unique rid. Normally, the record ID is the key field for the record. If you set your record's key field to a field OTHER than the record id (rid), you should use the key parameter rather than rid. |
yes |
|
newowner |
Specifies the user to whom you are transferring ownership. You can specify either of the following:
|
yes |
|
ticket |
A valid authentication ticket. The authentication ticket is returned via the API_Authenticate call. |
yes, one of:
|
|
usertoken |
A user token – this is a ticket alternative, used for API access |
yes, one of:
|
|
apptoken |
A valid application token. |
yes, if required by the application |
|
udata |
A string value that you want returned. It will not be handled by Quickbase but it will be returned in the response. |
no |
Response values
| Element Name | Value |
|---|---|
|
action |
The originating request, for example, API_SetRecordOwner. |
|
errcode |
Identifies the error code, if any. (See the Error Codes appendix for a list of possible error codes.) 0 indicates that no error was encountered. |
|
errtext |
Text that explains the error code. "No error" indicates that no error was encountered. |
|
udata |
Optional. Contains any udata value supplied in the request. |
Sample XML Request
POST https://target_domain/db/target_dbid
HTTP/1.0
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length:
QUICKBASE-ACTION: API_ChangeRecordOwner
<qdbapi>
<ticket>auth_ticket</ticket>
<apptoken>app_token</apptoken>
<rid>3</rid>
<newowner>Muggsy</newowner>
</qdbapi>
URL alternative
https://target_domain/db/target_dbid?a=API_ChangeRecordOwner&rid=3
&newowner=Muggsy&ticket=auth_ticket&apptoken=app_token
where target_domain is the domain against which you are invoking this call, for example, quickbase.com. Read about this notation.
Sample response
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<qdbapi>
<action>api_changerecordowner</action>
<errcode>0</errcode>
<errtext>No error</errtext>
<udata>mydata</udata>
</qdbapi>