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How to set "inherit from parent folder" on created folder through API (Date: 2018-08-30)

Caitlin McCabeCaitlin McCabe Administrator
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Original Post by Erik Steinebach, August 30, 2018 at 2:14 PM

When I now create a folder with SessionManagementClient.AddFolder and isPublic set to false, the access permission set for the folder is "Specific User" and the user which I used to add the folder added with Creator role.

How can I set the permissions for the folder to "Inherit permissions from ...." through the API? In the UI it is an easy option to select, but I don't want to do this for 80 folders.

I cannot set anything on AddFolder to change this and the AccessManagementClient doesn't offer me an option to set inherit. Removing all other permissions also doesn't make it switch to inherit.

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Hiroshi Ohno , Moderator, September 27, 2018 at 9:15 PM

Hi Erik,

Panopto Public API does not have a capability to set or clear inheriting permission from parent folder to child folder at this time.


Erik Steinebach, October 26, 2018 at 10:57 AM

I would like to request this feature.

Today I again had to go through 70 folders to add "Inherit from" permissions. I would like to be able to do this automatically. Both on folder creation and after the fact (alter permission or something).

How do I get this started?

BTW, it would also be acceptable if you can set it recursively through the UI. So if I set it for one folder I should be able to say to set it for all subfolders (recursively) as well.


Doug Costain, Moderator, October 26, 2018 at 2:56 PM

Hello Erik,

I've filed Panopto Feature Request FR-1998 under your account. I'll continue advocating for this on your behalf.



Charles Barbour, May 3, 2019 at 9:17 AM


I'd like to request this as well. I can't believe it's not an option.

I will either have to:

Do this manually to about 200 folders

or

Recreate the same settings as the parent folder by doing these 4 steps:

RevokeUsersAccessFromFolder - Remove permissions for a user

RevokeAllImplicitGroupAccessToFolder - Ensure no groups have access

GrantUsersAccessToFolder - Grant access to the folder owner

GrantAllAuthenticatedUsersGroupAccessToFolder - Allow access to anyone at the org with the link

Given that the Parent folders have the permissions set correctly, this is a bit annoying. I should just be able to make one call for each folder GUID to force it to inherit the permissions.

Very frustrating.

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