Modify permissions on a presentation

Deprecated

This endpoint is deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

This endpoint was deprecated on 2026-02-12.

It is scheduled for sunset on 2027-01-31.

Description#

Assign and/or revoke permissions on a presentation. If any modification in a request fails, all modifications on that request fail.

To modify an existing permission, the existing permission must first be explicitly revoked. Then, the new permission needs to be assigned. This can be done in a single request by sending toAssign and toRevoke in the request body.

POST /prototype/platform/presentations/{presentationId}/permissions/modification

Required OAuth Scopes

file:write

Parameters#

Parameter	In	Type	Required	Description
X-Version	header	string	false	Version of the API (2022-01-01)
presentationId	path	string	true	The unique identifier of the presentation
body	body	ResourcePermissionsModification	true	Details about the presentation permissions modification.

Body parameter example#

{
  "toAssign": [
    {
      "permission": "598e8fa3-3e7c-4fb7-b662-f44522216e2b",
      "principal": "V0ZVc2VyHzU2NDg2NjU2MjQ0NDQ5Mjg"
    }
  ],
  "toRevoke": [
    {
      "permission": "85aa87ee-beb9-4417-8fa0-420e9de63534",
      "principal": "V0ZVc2VyHzU2NDg2NjU2MjQ0NDQ5Mjg"
    }
  ]
}

Code Samples#

curl

curl -X POST https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/presentations/{presentationId}/permissions/modification \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    -H 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

httpie

http POST https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/presentations/{presentationId}/permissions/modification \
    X-Version:2022-01-01 \
    Content-Type:application/json \
    Accept:application/json \
    Authorization:"Bearer {access-token}"

wget

wget --method=POST "https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/presentations/{presentationId}/permissions/modification" \
    --output-document -  \ 
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Accept: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    --header 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

python

import requests

headers = {
  'X-Version': '2022-01-01',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/presentations/{presentationId}/permissions/modification', headers = headers)