POST
Create a role (organization)
Organization space User accounts only For: Administrator · Permission: roles.create Conditions
  • name is required, at most 255 characters, lowercased before validation, and must be unique among the roles of the space.
  • description is optional, at most 255 characters.
  • permissions is optional; each entry must be a distinct permission group id that exists in this space.
What else happens
  • Creates the role as a custom role (is_builtin false).
  • Attaches the chosen permissions to the role.
Part of Define access profiles and roles.

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Query Parameters

response
enum<string>
default:none

Response mode. Default none; none answers 204 No Content.

Available options:
none,
resource
fields
string

Comma-separated JSON keys of the root resource (id is always rendered). Available: id, name, description, is_builtin, created_at, updated_at.

include
string

Comma-separated include paths, each optionally followed by its fields in parentheses: units(id,sku),units.uomUnit(id,name). Max depth 6, max 40 paths. Available: permissions.

Response

Resource (only with response=resource).

id

Identifier of the role: its group id (27-character KSUID).

name

Name of the role, stored in lowercase and unique within its space.

description

Optional description, at most 255 characters.

is_builtin
boolean

True for roles created by the system; they cannot be edited or deleted.

permissions
array

Permissions granted by the role. Present only when the include permissions is requested.

created_at

Date and time the record was created (ISO 8601, UTC).

updated_at

Date and time the record was last changed (ISO 8601, UTC).