Ownership of API Clients

Chris_Wolman
Chris_Wolman Contributor
in APIs & Domo Developer

Hello,

We have a user that has left the company and they have created numerous Client APIs that are being used in integrations throughout our company. How can I transfer ownership of those clients so we do not need to reissue new clients and update all integrations using them.

Thank you.

Chris

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  • GrantSmith
    GrantSmith Coach
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    Changing ownership of the API Clients isn't possible as this isn't a security best practice. Due to your former user having access to these codes they would technically still have access to them and could potentially still access your platform. I'd highly recommend cycling out these credentials and creating new ones. Yes it's more work and more difficult but good security isn't always easy.

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  • MichelleH
    MichelleH Coach

    @Chris_Wolman Assuming the previous user was using dataset connectors, you should be able to add additional owners to the dataset account: https://domo-support.domo.com/s/article/360042926054?language=en_US#share_connector_account

  • Chris_Wolman
    Chris_Wolman Contributor

    @MichelleH these are API Clients and not dataset accounts. I already transferred ownership of the dataset accounts. The API Clients are created through developer.domo.com and you can delete them from the Admin screen but you cannot assign new owners. I checked the CLI Tool and it does not appear that you can use the swap-owner command on API Clients.

    Chris

  • brycec
    brycec Contributor

    I played around with the API and tried to find a way to change the owner. As far as I can tell, it is not possible. The best thing you can do is probably just create a new one and replace everywhere the old one is used, as sucky as that is.

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  • GrantSmith
    GrantSmith Coach
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    Changing ownership of the API Clients isn't possible as this isn't a security best practice. Due to your former user having access to these codes they would technically still have access to them and could potentially still access your platform. I'd highly recommend cycling out these credentials and creating new ones. Yes it's more work and more difficult but good security isn't always easy.

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