Liferay

Liferay Roles API

Manage roles and role associations

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Business capability

Identity & Access Management BC-620.20

Operations 8

GET /roles List roles #

GET /roles/{roleId} Get a role #

POST /roles/{roleId}/association/user-account/{userId} Associate a regular role to a user #

DELETE /roles/{roleId}/association/user-account/{userId} Remove regular role association from a user #

POST /roles/{roleId}/association/user-account/{userId}/site/{siteId} Associate a site role to a user #

DELETE /roles/{roleId}/association/user-account/{userId}/site/{siteId} Remove site role association from a user #

POST /roles/{roleId}/association/user-account/{userId}/organization/{orgId} Associate an organization role to a user #

DELETE /roles/{roleId}/association/user-account/{userId}/organization/{orgId} Remove organization role association from a user #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Liferay Roles API
  description: Roles API Basics. You can create and manage roles from the Application menu, but you can also use Liferay's REST APIs. Call these services to manage roles, including associating and dissociating users to regular, site, and organization roles.
  version: v1.0
  contact:
    name: Liferay
    url: https://learn.liferay.com/w/dxp/integration/headless-apis/user-management-apis/roles-api-basics
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8080/o/headless-admin-user/v1.0
  description: Default Liferay headless admin user API base URL
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Roles
  description: Manage roles and role associations
paths:
  /roles:
    get:
      tags:
      - Roles
      summary: List roles
      description: Returns the collection of roles available in Liferay.
      operationId: getRoles
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of roles
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RolePage'
  /roles/{roleId}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Roles
      summary: Get a role
      description: Returns a single role identified by its ID.
      operationId: getRole
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RoleId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested role
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Role'
  /roles/{roleId}/association/user-account/{userId}:
    post:
      tags:
      - Roles
      summary: Associate a regular role to a user
      operationId: associateRoleToUser
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RoleId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Association created
    delete:
      tags:
      - Roles
      summary: Remove regular role association from a user
      operationId: dissociateRoleFromUser
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RoleId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Association removed
  /roles/{roleId}/association/user-account/{userId}/site/{siteId}:
    post:
      tags:
      - Roles
      summary: Associate a site role to a user
      operationId: associateSiteRoleToUser
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RoleId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SiteId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Association created
    delete:
      tags:
      - Roles
      summary: Remove site role association from a user
      operationId: dissociateSiteRoleFromUser
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RoleId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SiteId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Association removed
  /roles/{roleId}/association/user-account/{userId}/organization/{orgId}:
    post:
      tags:
      - Roles
      summary: Associate an organization role to a user
      operationId: associateOrgRoleToUser
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RoleId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrgId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Association created
    delete:
      tags:
      - Roles
      summary: Remove organization role association from a user
      operationId: dissociateOrgRoleFromUser
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RoleId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrgId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Association removed
components:
  schemas:
    Role:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        roleType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - regular
          - site
          - organization
        dateCreated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        dateModified:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    RolePage:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Role'
        page:
          type: integer
        pageSize:
          type: integer
        totalCount:
          type: integer
  parameters:
    RoleId:
      in: path
      name: roleId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int64
    UserId:
      in: path
      name: userId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int64
    OrgId:
      in: path
      name: orgId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int64
    SiteId:
      in: path
      name: siteId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int64
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic