This is just a warning fellow developers to waste hours to come to the same conclusion as I did.
With the v3 version of the Drive Api one cannot transfer ownership for files and folders using the Api for users using gmail.com.
If it's within a Workspace accounts you might pull it off. However, since approval is needed for transfer these days, you need to modify the permission request
// 💾 The old way
const transaction = await drive.permissions.create({
fileId: fileId,
resource: {
role: "owner", // easy-peasy....
type: "user",
emailAddress: newOwnerEmail,
}
});
// 🙄 The new way
const transaction = await drive.permissions.create({
fileId: fileId,
resource: {
role: "writer", // Share it to the new owner
type: "user",
emailAddress: newOwnerEmail,
domain: 'everything-but-gmail.com',
},
transferOwnership: true, // In order to make a request for approval
});
Hope this helps anyone out there!
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