Members Move Former Member Files

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Moves removed member's files to a different member. This endpoint initiates an asynchronous job. To obtain the final result of the job, the client should periodically poll [members/move_former_member_files/job_status/check](api:dropbox-api:POST/2/team/members/move_former_member_files/job_status/check). Permission : Team member management. **Required scope:** `members.write` **Endpoint format:** [RPC](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/technical-reference/request-response-formats#rpc-endpoints) **Authentication:** [Team](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/auth-types#team-authentication)

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer
Team-level OAuth 2.0 token issued to a Dropbox Business admin. Use `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. Obtain via the authorization code flow with team-scoped permissions. Grants access to team-wide administrative operations. You can generate a short-lived access token from the App Console; see [Testing with a generated token](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/oauth#testing-with-a-generated-token).

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
transfer_admin_idobjectRequired
Errors during the transfer process will be sent via email to this user.
transfer_dest_idobjectRequired
Files from the deleted member account will be transferred to this user.
userobjectRequired

Identity of user to remove/suspend/have their files moved.

Response headers

X-Dropbox-Request-IdstringOptional
A unique identifier for the request, useful for debugging and support.

Response

Successful response
Variant:
async_common.LaunchEmptyResult.async_job_idobject
This response indicates that the processing is asynchronous. The string is an id that can be used to obtain the status of the asynchronous job.

Errors

401
Unauthorized Error
403
Forbidden Error
409
Conflict Error
429
Too Many Requests Error
500
Internal Server Error