---
title: "Transfer team ownership REST API | HitKeep"
description: "Reference for the HitKeep REST API operation Transfer team ownership, including request parameters, responses, and authentication notes."
canonical: "https://hitkeep.com/api/operations/apiuserteamsidtransfer-ownership/"
---

# Transfer team ownership REST API

POST

/api/user/teams/{id}/transfer-ownership

FetchcURL

```
const url = 'http://127.0.0.1:25737/api/user/teams/2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0/transfer-ownership';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {cookie: 'hk_token=<hk_token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"target_user_id":"2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```
curl --request POST \
  --url http://127.0.0.1:25737/api/user/teams/2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0/transfer-ownership \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --cookie hk_token=<hk_token> \
  --data '{ "target_user_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0" }'
```

-

Transfers ownership from the current owner to another existing team member.

## Authorizations

- **[cookieAuth](https://hitkeep.com/api/#cookieauth)**

## Parameters

### Path Parameters

**id**

required

string format: uuid

## Request Bodyrequired

application/json

object

**target_user_id**

required

string format: uuid

##### Examplegenerated

```
{
  "target_user_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0"
}
```

## Responses

### 200

Status

application/json

object

**message**

string

**status**

string

##### Examplegenerated

```
{
  "message": "example",
  "status": "example"
}
```

### 400

Invalid target user

application/json

object

**message**

string

##### Examplegenerated

```
{
  "message": "example"
}
```

### 403

Only owners can transfer ownership

application/json

object

**message**

string

##### Examplegenerated

```
{
  "message": "example"
}
```

### 409

Transfer conflict

application/json

object

**message**

string

##### Examplegenerated

```
{
  "message": "example"
}
```

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