Roles

Role-based access control (RBAC) restricts network access based on a person's role within an organization and has become one of the main methods for advanced access control. The roles in RBAC refer to the levels of access that users have to the network.

The role model

The role model contains all the information about your roles.

Properties

  • Name
    _id
    Type
    string
    Description

    Unique identifier for the role.

  • Name
    name
    Type
    string
    Description

    The name for the role.

    • Unique constraint
  • Name
    permissions
    Type
    array<string>
    Description

    The array of allowed permission name for the role.

  • Name
    createdBy
    Type
    string
    Description

    User identifier who create the role.

  • Name
    updatedBy
    Type
    string
    Description

    User identifier who update the role.

  • Name
    createdAt
    Type
    timestamp
    Description

    Timestamp of when the role was created.

  • Name
    updatedAt
    Type
    timestamp
    Description

    Timestamp of when the role was updated.


List all roles

This endpoint allows you to retrieve a paginated list of all your roles.

Optional query

  • Name
    page
    Type
    integer
    Description

    The page number of roles returned.

    • Default 1
  • Name
    pageSize
    Type
    integer
    Description

    The page size number of roles returned.

    • Default 10

Request

GET
/v1/roles
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">const</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">response</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">=</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">axios</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">.get</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">(</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&#39;/v1/roles&#39;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> {</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  params</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> {</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    filter</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> {</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      page</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">1</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      pageSize</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">10</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    }</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  }</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">})</span></span>
<span></span>

Response

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">{</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;roles&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> [</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    {</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;_id&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;637b569149e0c02e1036c35a&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;name&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;Super Admin&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;permissions&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> [</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;create-user&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;read-user-role&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">]</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;createdBy&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;637d83d15d2be122007524bf&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;createdAt&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    }</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    {</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;_id&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;637d83d15d2be122007524bf&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;name&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;Manager&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;permissions&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> [</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;create-user&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;read-user-role&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">]</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;createdBy&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;637d83d15d2be122007524bf&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;createdAt&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    }</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  ]</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;pagination&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> {</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;page&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">1</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;pageSize&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">1</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;pageCount&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">1</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;totalDocument&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">2</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  }</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">}</span></span>
<span></span>

Create a role

This endpoint allows you to add a new role.

Required attributes

  • Name
    name
    Type
    string
    Description

    The name for the role.

  • Name
    permissions
    Type
    array<string>
    Description

    The array of allowed permission name for the role.

Request

POST
/v1/roles
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">const</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">response</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">=</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">axios</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">.post</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">(</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&#39;/v1/roles&#39;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> {</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  name</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;Administrator&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  permissions</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> [</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&#39;create-user&#39;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&#39;read-user&#39;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">]</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">})</span></span>
<span></span>

Response

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">{</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;id&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;637d83d15d2be122007524bf&quot;</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">}</span></span>
<span></span>

Retrieve a role

This endpoint allows you to retrieve a role by providing their id.

Request

GET
/v1/roles/637d83d15d2be122007524bf
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">const</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">response</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">=</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">axios</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">.get</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">(</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&#39;/v1/roles/637d83d15d2be122007524bf&#39;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">)</span></span>
<span></span>

Response

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">{</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;_id&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;637d83d15d2be122007524bf&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;name&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;Manager&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;permissions&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> [</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;create-user&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;read-user-role&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">]</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;createdBy&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;637d83d15d2be122007524bf&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;createdAt&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">}</span></span>
<span></span>

Update a role

This endpoint allows you to perform an update on a role.

Optional attributes

  • Name
    name
    Type
    string
    Description

    The name for the role.

  • Name
    permissions
    Type
    array<string>
    Description

    The array of allowed permission name for the role.

Request

PATCH
/v1/roles/637d83d15d2be122007524bf
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">const</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">response</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">=</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">axios</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">.patch</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">(</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&#39;/v1/roles/637d83d15d2be122007524bf&#39;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> {</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  name</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;Administrator&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  permissions</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> [</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&#39;create-user&#39;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&#39;read-user&#39;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">]</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">})</span></span>
<span></span>

Response

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-comment)">// empty response</span></span>
<span></span>

Delete a role

This endpoint allows you to delete roles from your role list.

Request

DELETE
/v1/roles/637d83d15d2be122007524bf
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">const</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">response</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">=</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">axios</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">.delete</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">(</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&#39;/v1/roles/637d83d15d2be122007524bf&#39;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">)</span></span>
<span></span>

Response

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-comment)">// empty response</span></span>
<span></span>

Assign permissions

This endpoint allows you to perform an update on a role to assign permission.

Optional attributes

  • Name
    permissions
    Type
    array<string>
    Description

    The array of permission name for the role.

Request

PATCH
/v1/roles/637d83d15d2be122007524bf
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">const</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">response</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">=</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">axios</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">.patch</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">(</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&#39;/v1/roles/637d83d15d2be122007524bf&#39;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> {</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  permissions</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> [</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    {</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      name</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&#39;create-user&#39;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      assign</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">true</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    }</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    {</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      name</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&#39;read-user&#39;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">,</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">      assign</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-constant)">false</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">    }</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  ]</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">})</span></span>
<span></span>

Response

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-comment)">// empty response</span></span>
<span></span>