Edit Role Definitions
You can edit a role definition using the Auth0 Dashboard or the Management API. Roles are used with the API Authorization Core feature set.
Prerequisite
For role-based access control (RBAC) to work properly, you must enable it for your API using either the Dashboard or the Management API. The Authorization Core functionality is different from the Authorization Extension. For a comparison, read Authorization Core vs. Authorization Extension.
Dashboard
Go to Dashboard > User Management > Roles and click the name of the role to view.
Edit the role name and description, then click Save.
Management API
Make a PATCH
call to the Update Role endpoint. Be sure to replace ROLE_ID
, MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN
, ROLE_NAME
, and ROLE_DESC
placeholder values with your role ID, Management API access token, role name, and role description, respectively.
curl --request PATCH \
--url 'https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/roles/ROLE_ID' \
--header 'authorization: Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
--header 'cache-control: no-cache' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--data '{ "name": "ROLE_NAME", "description": "ROLE_DESC" }'
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var client = new RestClient("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/roles/ROLE_ID");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);
request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN");
request.AddHeader("cache-control", "no-cache");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{ \"name\": \"ROLE_NAME\", \"description\": \"ROLE_DESC\" }", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
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package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/roles/ROLE_ID"
payload := strings.NewReader("{ \"name\": \"ROLE_NAME\", \"description\": \"ROLE_DESC\" }")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json")
req.Header.Add("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN")
req.Header.Add("cache-control", "no-cache")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(res)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
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HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/roles/ROLE_ID")
.header("content-type", "application/json")
.header("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN")
.header("cache-control", "no-cache")
.body("{ \"name\": \"ROLE_NAME\", \"description\": \"ROLE_DESC\" }")
.asString();
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var axios = require("axios").default;
var options = {
method: 'PATCH',
url: 'https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/roles/ROLE_ID',
headers: {
'content-type': 'application/json',
authorization: 'Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN',
'cache-control': 'no-cache'
},
data: {name: 'ROLE_NAME', description: 'ROLE_DESC'}
};
axios.request(options).then(function (response) {
console.log(response.data);
}).catch(function (error) {
console.error(error);
});
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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
NSDictionary *headers = @{ @"content-type": @"application/json",
@"authorization": @"Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
@"cache-control": @"no-cache" };
NSDictionary *parameters = @{ @"name": @"ROLE_NAME",
@"description": @"ROLE_DESC" };
NSData *postData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:parameters options:0 error:nil];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/roles/ROLE_ID"]
cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
timeoutInterval:10.0];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"PATCH"];
[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];
[request setHTTPBody:postData];
NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
if (error) {
NSLog(@"%@", error);
} else {
NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
NSLog(@"%@", httpResponse);
}
}];
[dataTask resume];
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$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/roles/ROLE_ID",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{ \"name\": \"ROLE_NAME\", \"description\": \"ROLE_DESC\" }",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"authorization: Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
"cache-control: no-cache",
"content-type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
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import http.client
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("")
payload = "{ \"name\": \"ROLE_NAME\", \"description\": \"ROLE_DESC\" }"
headers = {
'content-type': "application/json",
'authorization': "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
'cache-control': "no-cache"
}
conn.request("PATCH", "/{yourDomain}/api/v2/roles/ROLE_ID", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
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require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'
url = URI("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/roles/ROLE_ID")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
request["authorization"] = 'Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN'
request["cache-control"] = 'no-cache'
request.body = "{ \"name\": \"ROLE_NAME\", \"description\": \"ROLE_DESC\" }"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
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import Foundation
let headers = [
"content-type": "application/json",
"authorization": "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
"cache-control": "no-cache"
]
let parameters = [
"name": "ROLE_NAME",
"description": "ROLE_DESC"
] as [String : Any]
let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/roles/ROLE_ID")! as URL,
cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PATCH"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data
let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
if (error != nil) {
print(error)
} else {
let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
print(httpResponse)
}
})
dataTask.resume()
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Value | Description |
---|---|
ROLE_ID |
Τhe ID of the role for which you want to edit the definition. |
MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN |
Access Token for the Management API with the scope update:roles . |
ROLE_NAME |
Name of the role. |
ROLE_DESC |
User-friendly description of the role. |