A simple script that uses the Box Python SDK to transfer file ownership and delete users.
You'll need to install Python 3.6+ and the Box Python SDK with JWT for this to work.
pip install "boxsdk[jwt]"
When you create an app on the Box Developer site, make sure to choose the option to authenticate with JWT and grant your application App + Enterprise access. This is necessary to deprovision users that your app does not own.
You'll also need to turn on the ability to make API calls with the as-user header to make changes as a specific user. This user's name and email address will show up in a comment on the transferred folder.
After you've created the app, Box will give you the option to generate a public/private key pair. This script uses the JSON file generated to create a config file when you run it the first time, but you can also create a config.json file and key pair manually:
{
"clientID": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
"clientSecret": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET",
"publicKeyID": "YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY",
"passphrase": "YOUR_API_PASSPHRASE",
"enterpriseID": "YOUR_ENTERPRISE_ID",
"rsa_private_key_path": "PATH_TO_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM_FILE",
"admin_user": "USER_TO_IMPERSONATE",
"destination_user": "USER_TO_RECEIVE_FILES"
}admin_user and destination_user should both be email addresses.
This script will not delete users if they own any files. If you want to change that behavior, set force to True:
client.user(user['ID']).delete(notify=False, force=False)