Copying favorites from one user to another

Question

I'm trying to move users from ArcGIS online logins to SSO logins, and one thing I stuck on is favorites. I can get the list of favorites from the old user using the favGroupId but when I try hen I try to add them to the new user by sharing them to the favGroupId (the way I would with any other group), I just get 'notSharedWith' for all the items. favs = gis.groups.get(olduser.favGroupId) for fav in favs.content(): print(fav.share(groups=newuser.favGroupId))‍‍‍ # Full item and group IDs edited out {'notSharedWith': ['94..aa'], 'itemId': 'b4..34'} {'notSharedWith': ['94..aa'], 'itemId': 'a5..77'} {'notSharedWith': ['94..aa'], 'itemId': '64..35'}‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Is there another way to do this?

TristanMcHardie · Answer

Thanks for replying so quickly! Yes, that's what I've ended up doing as well - sending an email with a list of items. As you say, a one-time thing, so not worth delving further into.

Thanks again,

Tristan

Sean-Sweeney · Answer

Hi @TristanMcHardie,

Sadly, I never did figure this one out. I ended up just sending each user a list of their favorites to re-add themselves, which was painful for everyone.

Since this was a one-time thing for us, I never went back to see if anything was ever added to the API for this.

I'm sorry I can't be more help and I hope you can find a better solution.

Regards,

Sean Sweeney

TristanMcHardie · Answer

Hi @SeanSweeney, I'm in a similar situation 3.5 years later. Did you figure this one out?