Use Google Calendar API to change owner

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I have multiple events I am creating in a google calendar using the API via python. Each event has a google meet attached to it.

Once I have created the events I would like to change ownership of the events to another user. This will allow them to act as hosts for the meeting.

I can do this via the calendar website, by clicking the three dots and selecting "Change Owner".

I cannot find any way to do this via the API. Am I missing something?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '20 at 15:55

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answered Oct 23 '20 at 15:55

Adithya

Thank you - I have looked at that - it will allow me to move to another calendar I own. However, if I try to transfer to another users calendar, to make them the organiser, I get a permission denied error - not writable to calendar. – Morsey Oct 23 '20 at 16:01
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Found this https://stackoverflow.com/q/31959576/5783608 I guess you can't change ownership without owning target calendar. – Adithya Oct 23 '20 at 16:09
Thank you - that is exactly it. I think I can get around the problem, but it is messy. I will need to get each other user to make a calendar and share it with me, and give me write access. I can then "give" them all the events via the API. Thank you for your time in helping :) – Morsey Oct 23 '20 at 16:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 26 '20 at 09:53

creator > The creator of the event. Read-only.

organizer > The organizer of the event. To change the organizer, use the move operation. Read-only, except when importing an event.

As for the move operation, you will have to make a request like this:

POST https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars/calendarId/events/eventId/move

Depending on the exact operations you want to make, you might benefit from making use of creating a service account and performing domain wide delegation.

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