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RBAC API

Role-based access control API is only available in Grafana Cloud or Grafana Enterprise. Read more about Grafana Enterprise.

The API can be used to create, update, delete, get, and list roles.

To check which basic or fixed roles have the required permissions, refer to RBAC role definitions.

Get status

GET /api/access-control/status

Returns an indicator to check if role-based access control is enabled or not.

Required permissions

Example request

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GET /api/access-control/status
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
  "enabled": true
}

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Create and manage custom roles

Get all roles

GET /api/access-control/roles

Gets all existing roles. The response contains all global and organization local roles, for the organization which user is signed in.

Query Parameters:

• includeHidden: Optional. Set to true to include roles that are hidden.

Required permissions

Example request

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GET /api/access-control/roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

[
    {
        "version": 3,
        "uid": "XvHQJq57z",
        "name": "fixed:reports:reader",
        "displayName": "Report reader",
        "description": "Read all reports and shared report settings.",
        "group": "Reports",
        "updated": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
        "created": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
        "global": false
    },
    {
        "version": 5,
        "uid": "vi9mlLjGz",
        "name": "fixed:datasources.permissions:writer",
        "description: "Create, read or delete data source permissions.",
        "global": true,
        "updated": "2021-05-13T22:41:49+02:00",
        "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
    }
]

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Get a role

GET /api/access-control/roles/:uid

Get a role for the given UID.

Required permissions

Example request

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GET /api/access-control/roles/PYnDO3rMk
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "version": 4,
    "uid": "6dNwJq57z",
    "name": "fixed:reports:writer",
    "displayName": "Report writer",
    "description": "Create, read, update, or delete all reports and shared report settings.",
    "group": "Reports",
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "reports:delete",
            "scope": "reports:*",
            "updated": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
            "created": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00"
        },
        {
            "action": "reports:read",
            "scope": "reports:*",
            "updated": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
            "created": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00"
        },
        {
            "action": "reports:send",
            "scope": "reports:*",
            "updated": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
            "created": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00"
        },
        {
            "action": "reports:create",
            "scope": "",
            "updated": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
            "created": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00"
        },
        {
            "action": "reports:write",
            "scope": "reports:*",
            "updated": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
            "created": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00"
        },
        {
            "action": "reports.settings:read",
            "scope": "",
            "updated": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
            "created": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00"
        },
        {
            "action": "reports.settings:write",
            "scope": "",
            "updated": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
            "created": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00"
        }
    ],
    "updated": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
    "created": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
    "global": false
}

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Create a new custom role

POST /api/access-control/roles

Creates a new custom role and maps given permissions to that role. Note that roles with the same prefix as Fixed roles can’t be created.

Required permissions

permissions:type:delegate scope ensures that users can only create custom roles with the same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to create a custom role which allows to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Example request

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POST /api/access-control/roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "version": 1,
    "uid": "jZrmlLCGka",
    "name": "custom:delete:roles",
    "displayName": "custom delete roles",
    "description": "My custom role which gives users permissions to delete roles",
    "group":"My Group",
    "displayName": "My Custom Role",
    "global": false,
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "roles:delete",
            "scope": "permissions:type:delegate"
        }
    ]
}

JSON body schema

Permission

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "version": 2,
    "uid": "jZrmlLCGka",
    "name": "custom:delete:create:roles",
    "displayName": "custom delete create roles",
    "description": "My custom role which gives users permissions to delete and create roles",
    "group":"My Group",
    "displayName": "My Custom Role",
    "global": false,
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "roles:delete",
            "scope": "permissions:type:delegate",
            "updated": "2021-05-13T23:19:46+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T23:19:46+02:00"
        }
    ],
    "updated": "2021-05-13T23:20:51.416518+02:00",
    "created": "2021-05-13T23:19:46+02:00"
}

Create role validation errors

Permission validation only occurs when permission validation is enabled (rbac.permission_validation_enabled = true).

It has been enabled by default since Grafana 10.2.

Invalid action

The following example shows a request with an invalid action. The action serviceaccounts.permissions:reader is not a valid action. The valid action should be serviceaccounts.permissions:read.

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POST /api/access-control/roles HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
	"Name": "Read Service Account with id 6",
	"Permissions": [
			{
			"action": "serviceaccounts.permissions:reader",
			"scope": "serviceaccounts:uid:6"
		}
	]
}

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HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-Type: application/json
{
	"extra": {
		"validationError": "the provided action was not found in the list of valid actions: serviceaccounts.permissions:reader"
	},
	"message": "Permission contains an invalid action",
	"messageId": "accesscontrol.permission-invalid-action",
	"statusCode": 400,
	"traceID": ""
}

Invalid scope

The following example shows a request with an invalid scope. The scope serviceaccounts:serviceaccount6 is not a valid scope for the action serviceaccounts.permissions:read. The valid scopes for this action are *, serviceaccounts:* and serviceaccounts:id:*.

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POST /api/access-control/roles HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
	"Name": "Read Service Account with id 6",
	"Permissions": [
			{
			"action": "serviceaccounts.permissions:read",
			"scope": "serviceaccounts:serviceaccount6"
		}
	]
}

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HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-Type: application/json
{
	"extra": {
		"validationError": "unknown scope: serviceaccounts:serviceaccount6 for action: serviceaccounts.permissions:read provided, expected prefixes are [* serviceaccounts:* serviceaccounts:id:*]"
	},
	"message": "Invalid scope",
	"messageId": "accesscontrol.permission-invalid-scope",
	"statusCode": 400,
	"traceID": ""
}

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Update a role

PUT /api/access-control/roles/:uid

Update the role with the given UID, and its permissions. The operation is idempotent and all permissions of the role will be replaced based on the request content. You need to increment the version of the role with each update, otherwise the request will fail.

You can update custom roles and basic roles permissions. However fixed roles cannot be updated.

Required permissions

permissions:type:delegate scope ensures that users can only update custom roles with the same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to update a custom role which allows to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Example request

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PUT /api/access-control/roles/jZrmlLCGka
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "version": 3,
    "name": "custom:delete:write:roles",
    "displayName": "custom delete write roles",
    "description": "My custom role which gives users permissions to delete and write roles",
    "group":"My Group",
    "displayName": "My Custom Role",
    "global": false,
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "roles:delete",
            "scope": "permissions:type:delegate"
        },
        {
            "action": "roles:write",
            "scope": "permissions:type:delegate"
        }
    ]
}

JSON body schema

Permission

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "version":3,
    "uid":"jZrmlLCGka",
    "name":"custom:delete:write:roles",
    "displayName":"custom delete write roles",
    "description":"My custom role which gives users permissions to delete and write roles",
    "group":"My Group",
    "displayName": "My Custom Role",
    "permissions":[
        {
            "action":"roles:delete",
            "scope":"permissions:type:delegate",
            "updated":"2021-08-06T18:27:40+02:00",
            "created":"2021-08-06T18:27:40+02:00"
        },
        {
            "action":"roles:write",
            "scope":"permissions:type:delegate",
            "updated":"2021-08-06T18:27:41+02:00",
            "created":"2021-08-06T18:27:41+02:00"
        }
    ],
    "updated":"2021-08-06T18:27:41+02:00",
    "created":"2021-08-06T18:27:40+02:00",
    "global":false
}

Update role validation errors

Permission validation only occurs when permission validation is enabled (rbac.permission_validation_enabled = true).

It has been enabled by default since Grafana 10.2.

For more information, refer to Create role validation errors.

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Delete a custom role

DELETE /api/access-control/roles/:uid?force=false

Delete a role with the given UID, and it’s permissions. If the role is assigned, the deletion operation will fail, unless the force query param is set to true, and in that case all assignments will also be deleted.

Required permissions

permissions:type:delegate scope ensures that users can only delete a custom role with the same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to delete a custom role which allows to do that.

Example request

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DELETE /api/access-control/roles/jZrmlLCGka?force=true&global=false
Accept: application/json

Query parameters

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Role deleted"
}

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Create and remove user role assignments

List roles assigned to a user

GET /api/access-control/users/:userId/roles

Lists the roles that have been directly assigned to a given user. The list does not include basic roles (Viewer, Editor, Admin or Grafana Admin), and it does not include roles that have been inherited from a team.

Query Parameters:

• includeHidden: Optional. Set to true to include roles that are hidden.
• includeMapped: Optional. Set to true to include roles that have been mapped through the group attribute sync feature.

Required permissions

Example request

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GET /api/access-control/users/1/roles
Accept: application/json

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

[
    {
        "version": 4,
        "uid": "6dNwJq57z",
        "name": "fixed:reports:writer",
        "displayName": "Report writer",
        "description": "Create, read, update, or delete all reports and shared report settings.",
        "group": "Reports",
        "updated": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
        "created": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
        "global": false
    }
]

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List your permissions

GET /api/access-control/user/permissions

Lists the permissions granted to the signed in user.

Required permissions

No permission is required.

Query parameters

Example request

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GET /api/access-control/user/permissions
Accept: application/json

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
  "dashboards:read": ["dashboards:uid:70KrY6IVz"],
  "dashboards:write": ["dashboards:uid:70KrY6IVz"],
  "datasources.id:read": ["datasources:*"],
  "datasources:read": ["datasources:*"],
  "datasources:explore": [""],
  "datasources:query": ["datasources:uid:grafana"],
  "datasources:read": ["datasources:uid:grafana"],
  "orgs:read": [""]
}

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List permissions assigned to a user

GET /api/access-control/users/:userId/permissions

Lists the permissions granted to a given user.

Required permissions

Example request

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GET /api/access-control/users/1/permissions
Accept: application/json

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

[
    {
        "action": "ldap.status:read",
        "scope": ""
    },
    {
        "action": "ldap.user:read",
        "scope": ""
    }
]

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Add a user role assignment

POST /api/access-control/users/:userId/roles

Assign a role to a specific user.

For bulk updates consider Set user role assignments.

Required permissions

permissions:type:delegate scope ensures that users can only assign roles which have same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to assign a role which will allow to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Example request

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POST /api/access-control/users/1/roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "global": false,
    "roleUid": "XvHQJq57z"
}

JSON body schema

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Role added to the user."
}

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Remove a user role assignment

DELETE /api/access-control/users/:userId/roles/:roleUID

Revoke a role from a user.

For bulk updates consider Set user role assignments.

Required permissions

permissions:type:delegate scope ensures that users can only unassign roles which have same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to unassign a role which will allow to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Query parameters

Example request

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DELETE /api/access-control/users/1/roles/AFUXBHKnk
Accept: application/json

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Role removed from user."
}

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Set user role assignments

PUT /api/access-control/users/:userId/roles

Update the user’s role assignments to match the provided set of UIDs. This will remove any assigned roles that aren’t in the request and add roles that are in the set but are not already assigned to the user.

If you want to add or remove a single role, consider using Add a user role assignment or Remove a user role assignment instead.

Required permissions

permissions:type:delegate scope ensures that users can only assign or unassign roles which have same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to assign or unassign a role which will allow to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Example request

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PUT /api/access-control/users/1/roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "global": false,
    "roleUids": [
        "ZiHQJq5nk",
        "GzNQ1357k"
    ]
}

JSON body schema

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "User roles have been updated."
}

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Create and remove service account role assignments

List roles assigned to a service account

GET /api/access-control/users/:serviceAccountId/roles

Lists the roles that have been directly assigned to a given service account. The list does not include basic roles (Viewer, Editor, Admin or Grafana Admin).

Query Parameters:

• includeHidden: Optional. Set to true to include roles that are hidden.

Required permissions

Example request

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GET /api/access-control/users/1/roles
Accept: application/json

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

[
    {
        "version": 4,
        "uid": "6dNwJq57z",
        "name": "fixed:reports:writer",
        "displayName": "Report writer",
        "description": "Create, read, update, or delete all reports and shared report settings.",
        "group": "Reports",
        "updated": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
        "created": "2021-11-19T10:48:00+01:00",
        "global": false
    }
]

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List permissions assigned to a service account

GET /api/access-control/users/:serviceAccountId/permissions

Lists the permissions that a given service account has.

Required permissions

Example request

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GET /api/access-control/users/1/permissions
Accept: application/json

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

[
    {
        "action": "ldap.status:read",
        "scope": ""
    },
    {
        "action": "ldap.user:read",
        "scope": ""
    }
]

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Add a service account role assignment

POST /api/access-control/users/:serviceAccountId/roles

Assign a role to a specific service account.

For bulk updates consider Set service account role assignments.

Required permissions

permissions:type:delegate scope ensures that users can only assign roles which have same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to assign a role which will allow to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Example request

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POST /api/access-control/users/1/roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "global": false,
    "roleUid": "XvHQJq57z"
}

JSON body schema

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Role added to the user."
}

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Remove a service account role assignment

DELETE /api/access-control/users/:serviceAccountId/roles/:roleUID

Revoke a role from a service account.

For bulk updates consider Set service account role assignments.

Required permissions

permissions:type:delegate scope ensures that users can only unassign roles which have same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to unassign a role which will allow to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Query parameters

Example request

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DELETE /api/access-control/users/1/roles/AFUXBHKnk
Accept: application/json

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Role removed from user."
}

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Set service account role assignments

PUT /api/access-control/users/:serviceAccountId/roles

Update the service accounts’s role assignments to match the provided set of UIDs. This will remove any assigned roles that aren’t in the request and add roles that are in the set but are not already assigned to the service account.

If you want to add or remove a single role, consider using Add a service account role assignment or Remove a service account role assignment instead.

Required permissions

permissions:type:delegate scope ensures that users can only assign or unassign roles which have same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to assign or unassign a role which will allow to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Example request

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PUT /api/access-control/users/1/roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "global": false,
    "roleUids": [
        "ZiHQJq5nk",
        "GzNQ1357k"
    ]
}

JSON body schema

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "User roles have been updated."
}

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Create and remove team role assignments

List roles assigned to a team

GET /api/access-control/teams/:teamId/roles

Lists the roles that have been directly assigned to a given team.

Query Parameters:

• includeHidden: Optional. Set to true to include roles that are hidden.

Required permissions

Example request

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GET /api/access-control/teams/1/roles
Accept: application/json

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

[
    {
        "version": 4,
        "uid": "j08ZBi-nk",
        "name": "fixed:licensing:reader",
        "displayName": "Licensing reader",
        "description": "Read licensing information and licensing reports.",
        "group": "Licenses",
        "updated": "2022-02-03T14:19:50+01:00",
        "created": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "global": false
    }
]

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Add a team role assignment

POST /api/access-control/teams/:teamId/roles

Assign a role to a specific team.

For bulk updates consider Set team role assignments.

Required permissions

permissions:type:delegate scope ensures that users can only assign roles which have same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have the permissions required to create users, they won’t be able to assign a role that contains these permissions. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Example request

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POST /api/access-control/teams/1/roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "roleUid": "XvHQJq57z"
}

JSON body schema

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Role added to the team."
}

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Remove a team role assignment

DELETE /api/access-control/teams/:teams/roles/:roleUID

Revoke a role from a team.

For bulk updates consider Set team role assignments.

Required permissions

permissions:type:delegate scope ensures that users can only unassign roles which have same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have the permissions required to create users, they won’t be able to assign a role that contains these permissions. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.```

Example request

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DELETE /api/access-control/teams/1/roles/AFUXBHKnk
Accept: application/json

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Role removed from team."
}

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Set team role assignments

PUT /api/access-control/teams/:teamId/roles

Update the team’s role assignments to match the provided set of UIDs. This will remove any assigned roles that aren’t in the request and add roles that are in the set but are not already assigned to the user.

If you want to add or remove a single role, consider using Add a team role assignment or Remove a team role assignment instead.

Required permissions

permissions:type:delegate scope ensures that users can only assign or unassign roles which have same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to assign or unassign a role to a team which will allow to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Example request

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PUT /api/access-control/teams/1/roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "roleUids": [
        "ZiHQJq5nk",
        "GzNQ1357k"
    ]
}

JSON body schema

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Team roles have been updated."
}

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Reset basic roles to their default

POST /api/access-control/roles/hard-reset

permissions:type:escalate scope enables users to reset basic roles permissions. This could result in basic roles having permissions exceedind those of callers.

Reset basic roles permissions to their default.

Required permissions

Example request

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POST /api/access-control/roles/hard-reset
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "BasicRoles": true
}

JSON body schema

Example response

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Reset performed"
}

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