change subaccount's parent_account with api

[TahsinGökçeer]

Hi. I want to change a subaccount's parent account (parent account is another sub-account). My code:

        const CANVAS_API_URL = `https://canvas.arsolution.com.tr/api/v1/accounts/${canvasId}`;

        const CANVAS_TOKEN = process.env.CANVAS_ADMIN_TOKEN;

        const data = {

            account: {

                name: updatedName,

                parent_account_id: newParentId

            }

        }

        console.log(data);       

        const response = await axios.put(CANVAS_API_URL, data, {

            headers: {

                Authorization: `Bearer ${CANVAS_TOKEN}`,

                'Content-Type': 'application/json'

            },

        });

        console.log(response.data);

output:

{ account: { name: 'Beşiktaş Şubesi', parent_account_id: '122' } }
{
id: 128,
root_account_id: 1,
parent_account_id: 115,
name: 'Beşiktaş Şubesi',
workflow_state: 'active',
uuid: '7YE66ureWOaTqtsOk92i14gyZg8kETU3honOcGGl',
default_storage_quota_mb: 500,
default_user_storage_quota_mb: 50,
default_group_storage_quota_mb: 50,
default_time_zone: 'Europe/Istanbul',
sis_account_id: null,
sis_import_id: null,
integration_id: null
}

Even when I set parent_account_id as an integer, it still doesn't work. The code doesn't throw an error, but it doesn't change the parent_account_id. It keeps printing the old one.

api that I use: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/accounts.html#method.accounts.update

[robotcars]

Hi @TahsinGökçeer

Try nesting your params individually instead of grouped within account.

{
   "account[parent_account_id]": "123456",
   "account[name]": "Account Name (same or new)",
}