Set PErmissions via API

[lreine]

I am trying to set Permissions for Documents with the API. But it does not work. On the Upload it does not have any fields for permissions and the default permissions from the settings does not apply to files from the API.
Also the Bulk update for Permissions is not working. I try to send Objects like this:

{
        "documents": [1,2,3],
        "method": "set_permissions",
        "parameters": {
            "permissions": {
                "view": {
                    "users": [],
                    "groups": [2]
                },
                "change": {
                    "users": [],
                    "groups": [1, 2]
                }
            },
            "owner": null,
            "merge": false
        }
    }

But I alway get a 500 Server error.

EDIT: Fixed JSON Object.

[lreine]

Even if I set the owner it does not work.

The JSON is structural valid. It is not malformed. I think it is a bad design that Paperless NGX always returns a 500 Server Error when it encounters a valid JSON it can not work with. I think the reply should contain some hint what went wrong.

[shamoon]

You could just see what the frontend does, since that works.

{
    "documents": [
        400,
        401,
        402,
    ],
    "method": "set_permissions",
    "parameters": {
        "owner": null,
        "set_permissions": {
            "view": {
                "users": [
                    3
                ],
                "groups": []
            },
            "change": {
                "users": [],
                "groups": [
                    1
                ]
            }
        },
        "merge": true
    }
}

[lreine]

Thank you. That worked. So basically the difference between our JSON Objets is that I called the Parameter "permissions" and it should be named "set_permissions". The Doku under REST API -> Bulk Editing is bad. There it says:

"permissions": PERMISSIONS_OBJ (see format [above](https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/api/#permissions)) and / or

This should be changed to

"set_permissions": PERMISSIONS_OBJ (see format [above](https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/api/#permissions)) and / or

in my opinion to reduce further confusion.
Could you fix that please?

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