SuperTokens User Roles API

User role assignment and management

Operations 5

PUT /recipe/roles Create Or Update Role #
GET /recipe/roles List Roles #
PUT /recipe/user/roles Assign Role To User #
GET /recipe/user/roles Get User Roles #
DELETE /recipe/user/roles Remove User Role #

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OpenAPI Specification

supertokens-user-roles-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: SuperTokens Core Driver Interface Email Password User Roles API
  description: The Core Driver Interface (CDI) is the REST API exposed by the supertokens-core HTTP service. Backend SDKs (Node.js, Python, Go) use this API to communicate with the core service for authentication operations including session management, user sign-up/sign-in, email verification, password reset, social login, passwordless authentication, multi-tenancy, and user metadata management.
  version: '5.1'
  contact:
    name: SuperTokens
    url: https://supertokens.com
    email: team@supertokens.com
  license:
    name: Apache-2.0
    url: https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/blob/master/LICENSE.md
servers:
- url: http://{host}:{port}
  description: SuperTokens Core service
  variables:
    host:
      default: localhost
      description: Hostname of the SuperTokens Core instance
    port:
      default: '3567'
      description: Port number of the SuperTokens Core instance
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: User Roles
  description: User role assignment and management
paths:
  /recipe/roles:
    put:
      operationId: createOrUpdateRole
      summary: Create Or Update Role
      description: Creates a new role or updates permissions for an existing role.
      tags:
      - User Roles
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateRoleRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Role created or updated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusResponse'
    get:
      operationId: listRoles
      summary: List Roles
      description: Returns all roles configured in the application.
      tags:
      - User Roles
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of roles
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListRolesResponse'
  /recipe/user/roles:
    put:
      operationId: assignRoleToUser
      summary: Assign Role To User
      description: Assigns a role to a specific user.
      tags:
      - User Roles
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssignRoleRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Role assigned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusResponse'
    get:
      operationId: getUserRoles
      summary: Get User Roles
      description: Returns all roles assigned to a specific user.
      tags:
      - User Roles
      parameters:
      - name: userId
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User roles
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserRolesResponse'
    delete:
      operationId: removeUserRole
      summary: Remove User Role
      description: Removes a role assignment from a user.
      tags:
      - User Roles
      parameters:
      - name: userId
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: role
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Role removed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    UserRolesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
        roles:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    ListRolesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
        roles:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    StatusResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          example: OK
    CreateRoleRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - role
      properties:
        role:
          type: string
        permissions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    AssignRoleRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - userId
      - role
      properties:
        userId:
          type: string
        role:
          type: string
        tenantId:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: api-key
      description: SuperTokens Core API key (configured in config.yaml or via environment variable)