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Get role by ID

GET/roles/{roleId}

Common API · Tenant role management

Get tenant role by ID.

Required permissionrole:read

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
X-Tenant-ID header string (uuid) Yes Tenant ID.
fields query array of string No The fields to return in a partial response.
roleId path string (uuid) Yes Role ID.

Request samples

curl -X GET "https://api-<data-region>.central.sophos.com/common/v1/roles/<roleId>" -H "Authorization: Bearer <access-token>" -H "X-Tenant-ID: <tenant-id>"


import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api-<data-region>.central.sophos.com/common/v1/roles/<roleId>",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer <access-token>",
        "X-Tenant-ID": "<tenant-id>",
    },
)
print(response.json())


$headers = @{
    "Authorization" = "Bearer <access-token>"
    "X-Tenant-ID" = "<tenant-id>"
}
Invoke-RestMethod -Method GET -Uri "https://api-<data-region>.central.sophos.com/common/v1/roles/<roleId>" -Headers $headers


package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
)

func main() {
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api-<data-region>.central.sophos.com/common/v1/roles/<roleId>", nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer <access-token>")
    req.Header.Set("X-Tenant-ID", "<tenant-id>")

    resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}


const response = await fetch("https://api-<data-region>.central.sophos.com/common/v1/roles/<roleId>", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <access-token>",
    "X-Tenant-ID": "<tenant-id>",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Responses

200 — Details of requested role.

Response fields

idstring (uuid)required
Role UUID.
namestringrequired
Role name.
descriptionstring
Role Description.
typestring (enum)required
Role type.
Must be one of: predefined, custom.
principalTypestring (enum)required
Principal type of role.
Must be one of: user, service.
permissionSetsarray of stringrequired
List of permission sets.
Must contain at least 1 item. Items must be unique.
createdAtstring (datetime)
Date and time tenant role was created.
updatedAtstring (datetime)
Date and time tenant role was last updated.

Errors

Status Meaning
404 Can't find role.
500 Internal server error.

All error responses share the same shape — see the error response object.

Response examples

200

{
  "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "type": "predefined",
  "principalType": "user",
  "permissionSets": [
    "string"
  ],
  "createdAt": "string",
  "updatedAt": "string"
}