file.setSharing() giving me Exception: Invalid argument: OWNER

Question

I am trying to check how permissions work in Google Apps Script , so I am trying to create a File for each set of Permissions listed in https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/drive/permission?hl=en

function main () {


    // CREATING A FILE WITH CERTAIN PERMISSIONS
    // -------------------------------------------
    var folderRef = DriveApp.getFolderById('root');
    folderRef = folderRef.getFoldersByName('toarchive').next();
    var fileRef = folderRef.createFile("NONE" , "Some text" , "text/plain");

    fileRef.setSharing(DriveApp.Access.ANYONE, DriveApp.Permission.NONE);
    //-------------------------------------------
    // eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof


    // CREATING A FILE WITH CERTAIN PERMISSIONS
    // -------------------------------------------
    var folderRef = DriveApp.getFolderById('root');
    folderRef = folderRef.getFoldersByName('toarchive').next();
    var fileRef = folderRef.createFile("OWNER" , "Some text" , "text/plain");

    fileRef.setSharing(DriveApp.Access.ANYONE, DriveApp.Permission.OWNER);
    //-------------------------------------------
    // eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof

    // CREATING A FILE WITH CERTAIN PERMISSIONS
    // -------------------------------------------
    var folderRef = DriveApp.getFolderById('root');
    folderRef = folderRef.getFoldersByName('toarchive').next();
    var fileRef = folderRef.createFile("ORGANIZER" , "Some text" , "text/plain");

    fileRef.setSharing(DriveApp.Access.ANYONE, DriveApp.Permission.ORGANIZER);
    //-------------------------------------------
    // eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof

(...)

}

The issue is that it gives me an Error when Running the Script

Error Exception: Invalid argument: OWNER

user_18703712 · Answer

Based from the Enum Permission documentation, using the "OWNER" property (along with "ORGANIZER" and "FILE_ORGANIZER") will have its value returned but passing it to File.setSharing() is an exception and therefore cannot be used this way.

I have tried the other properties:

"NONE" may be passed to File.setSharing().
"VIEW", "EDIT", and "COMMENT" will result in an "access denied" error which will only be fixed when the google account used has an admin role.

Here is the part of your script that I used to test the properties:

function permissionTest() {
  // CREATING A FILE WITH CERTAIN PERMISSIONS
  // -------------------------------------------
  var folderRef = DriveApp.getFolderById('1ZKYjo70s51TANG9Zu3eojTkJpe3-SyOd'); //test folder ID
  folderRef = folderRef.getFoldersByName('toArchive').next();
  var fileRef = folderRef.createFile("EDITABLE", "Some text", "text/plain");

  fileRef.setSharing(DriveApp.Access.ANYONE, DriveApp.Permission.EDIT); //changed "EDIT" to other properties to test
  //-------------------------------------------
  // eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof eof
}

Here is the sample of your script being run in a google account without an admin role:

Here is the sample of your script being run in a google account with an admin role:

file.setSharing() giving me Exception: Invalid argument: OWNER

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