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Re: Help - API method /breakroleinheritance not working
If you are breaking permissions on "folder" inside the document library, try using server relative URL like below once:
_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/MySite/My%20Library/folder/subFolder')/ListItemAllFields/breakroleinheritance(copyRoleAssignments=true, clearSubscopes=true)
Reference: SharePoint API BreakRoleBasedInheritance on Folder doesn't seem to work
For document library, use URL like:
_api/web/lists/getByTitle('Documents')/breakroleinheritance(copyRoleAssignments=true, clearSubscopes=true)
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- If I change the content inside the brackets, it says that it cannot find it. Also, it would be ideal if the folder (item)ID could be used somehow, which does not seem to be possible if i take a part uf the URI for server relative URL.
As I do understand my error description, it does find the folder in which I want to break the roleinheritance but the error occurs because it can't find the ressource breakroleinheritance. Does that make any sense?WeibchenL Try using API like below based on item ID:
_api/web/lists/GetByTitle('Documents')/items(5)/BreakRoleInheritance(CopyRoleAssignments=true, ClearSubscopes=true)
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- I really don't know how, I tried so many combinations, also I couldn't get it to work with your first response. But based on item ID it worked!
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