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Update Role

Use this API to update a role. Partial role updates are supported.









Resource URL

https://<subdomain>/api/2/roles/:id

Header Parameters

Authorization

required

string

Set to bearer <access_token>.

Set <access_token> to the access token you generated using the Generate Token API.

The access token must have been generated using an API credential pair created using the scope required to call this API. This API can be called using any one of the following scopes: Manage All.

Content-Type

required

string

 Set to application/json.

Request Parameters

name

required

string

Name of the role.

Sample Responses

  • 200 Ok
  • 401 Unauthorized
  • 422 Unprocessable Entity
{
  "id": 123
}

Typically, this error means that your Authorization header value is missing or incorrectly formatted. The Authorization header value should use this format: bearer:<access_token>.

{
    "message": "Unauthorized",
    "statusCode": 401,
    "name": "UnauthorizedError"
}

Indicates that the syntax of the request is good but a value supplied is not valid.

{
    "message": "Validation failed: The associated Policy with ID 0 could not be found",
    "statusCode": 422,
    "name": "UnprocessableEntityError"
}

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Sample Code

cURL

Replace sample values indicated by < > with your actual values.

Update Role

curl 'https://<subdomain>/api/2/roles/:id' \
-X PUT \
-H "Authorization: bearer <access_token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \

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