MongoDB

MongoDB Custom Database Roles API

Returns, adds, edits, and removes custom database user privilege roles. Use custom roles to specify custom sets of actions that the MongoDB Cloud built-in roles can't describe. You define custom roles at the project level, for all clusters in the project. This resource supports a subset of MongoDB privilege actions. You can create a subset of custom role actions. To create a wider list of custom role actions, use the MongoDB Cloud user interface. Custom roles must include actions that all project's clusters support, and that are compatible with each MongoDB version that your project's clusters use. For example, if your project has MongoDB 4.2 clusters, you can't create custom roles that use actions introduced in MongoDB 4.4.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Identity & Access Management BC-620.20

Operations 5

GET /api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/customDBRoles/roles Return All Custom Roles in One Project #
POST /api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/customDBRoles/roles Create One Custom Role #
DELETE /api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/customDBRoles/roles/{roleName} Remove One Custom Role from One Project #
GET /api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/customDBRoles/roles/{roleName} Return One Custom Role in One Project #
PATCH /api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/customDBRoles/roles/{roleName} Update One Custom Role in One Project #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/api/atlas-admin-api-ref/
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Authentication
https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/api/api-authentication/
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RateLimits
https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/api/api-rate-limit/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mongodb/refs/heads/main/openapi/mongodb-custom-database-roles-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mongodb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/mongodb-user-custom-dbrole-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mongodb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/mongodb-update-custom-dbrole-schema.json

Other Resources

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Versioning
https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/api/versioned-api-overview/
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ChangeLog
https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/api-resources-spec/changelog/

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OpenAPI Specification

mongodb-custom-database-roles-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Mongodb Custom Database Roles API
  version: '2.0'
  license:
    name: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
  termsOfService: https://www.mongodb.com/mongodb-management-service-terms-and-conditions
  x-refined-note:
  - x-xgen-sha differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  description: 'Operations tagged Custom Database Roles across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: mongodb-atlas-openapi.yaml, mongodb-openapi.yaml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://cloud.mongodb.com
security:
- ServiceAccounts: []
- DigestAuth: []
tags:


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