Members Set Admin Permissions

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Updates a team member's permissions. 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.
new_roleobjectRequired
The new role of the member.
userobjectRequired
Identity of user whose role will be set.

Response headers

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

Response

Successful response
roleobject
The role after the change.
team_member_idstring
The member ID of the user to which the change was applied.

Errors

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