Given an app item ID, transfer ownership of the app and all associated items in ArcGIS Online.

agol_transfer_ownership.py

"""Transfer Ownership of App and Associated Web Maps and Feature Layers.

Given an app item ID, transfer ownership of the app and all associated items.
"""


from arcgis.gis import *


# Parameters
app_item_id = "69fca75a5aca4972b0c86c5f7ea51995"
destination_account = "someaccountname"
destination_folder = "new folder"


def get_items(gis, app_item_id:str) -> list:
    """Get list of items that need to be transfered."""
    
    # Initialize item list
    item_ids_to_transfer = set([app_item_id])

    # Get app
    app_item = gis.content.get(app_item_id)
    
    # Get web map ID
    app_data = app_item.get_data()
    webmap_item_id = app_data['values']['webmap']

    # Add web map ID to set
    item_ids_to_transfer.add(webmap_item_id)

    # Get web map
    webmap_item = gis.content.get(webmap_item_id)
    
    # Get web map data
    webmap_data = webmap_item.get_data()

    # Add feature layer IDs to set
    for layer in webmap_data['operationalLayers']:
        if layer['layerType'] == "ArcGISFeatureLayer":
            item_ids_to_transfer.add(layer['itemId'])
        if layer['layerType'] == "GroupLayer":
            for child_layer in layer['layers']:
                item_ids_to_transfer.add(child_layer['itemId'])

    # Generate list of item objects from ID set
    items = [gis.content.get(item_id) for item_id in item_ids_to_transfer]

    return items

def transfer_ownership(items:list, destination_account:str, destination_folder:str) -> None:
    """Transfer ownership of items to destination account and place in
    destination folder.
    """
    # Create destination folder
    gis.content.create_folder(destination_folder)

    for item in items:
        item.reassign_to(destination_account, target_folder=destination_folder)
        
    return
  

# Setup
gis = GIS("home")

# Get items
items = get_items(gis, app_item_id)

# Transfer ownership
transfer_ownership(items, destination_account, destination_folder)