roles

GET

Retrieves all user Roles.

Auth. Required:

Yes

Roles Required:

None

Response Type:

Array

Request Structure

Table 213 Request Query Parameters

Name

Required

Description

id

no

Return only the Role identified by this integral, unique identifier

name

no

Return only the Role with this name

privLevel

no

Return only those Roles that have this privilege level

orderby

no

Choose the ordering of the results - must be the name of one of the fields of the objects in the response array

sortOrder

no

Changes the order of sorting. Either ascending (default or “asc”) or descending (“desc”)

limit

no

Choose the maximum number of results to return

offset

no

The number of results to skip before beginning to return results. Must use in conjunction with limit

page

no

Return the nth page of results, where “n” is the value of this parameter, pages are limit long and the first page is 1. If offset was defined, this query parameter has no effect. limit must be defined to make use of page.

#480 Request Example
GET /api/3.0/roles?name=admin HTTP/1.1
Host: trafficops.infra.ciab.test
User-Agent: curl/7.47.0
Accept: */*
Cookie: mojolicious=...

Response Structure

capabilities:

An array of the names of the Capabilities given to this Role

description:

A description of the Role

id:

The integral, unique identifier for this Role

name:

The name of the Role

privLevel:

An integer that allows for comparison between Roles

#481 Response Example
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Set-Cookie, Cookie
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST,GET,OPTIONS,PUT,DELETE
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Content-Type: application/json
Set-Cookie: mojolicious=...; Path=/; Expires=Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:40:54 GMT; Max-Age=3600; HttpOnly
Whole-Content-Sha512: TEDXlQqWMSnJbL10JtFdbw0nqciNpjc4bd6m7iAB8aymakWeF+ghs1k5LayjdzHcjeDE8UNF/HXSxOFvoLFEuA==
X-Server-Name: traffic_ops_golang/
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:15:36 GMT
Content-Length: 120

{ "response": [
    {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "admin",
        "description": "super-user",
        "privLevel": 30,
        "capabilities": [
            "all-write",
            "all-read"
        ]
    }
]}

POST

Creates a new Role.

Auth. Required:

Yes

Roles Required:

“admin”

Response Type:

Object

Request Structure

capabilities:

An optional array of capability names that will be granted to the new Role

description:

A helpful description of the Role’s purpose.

name:

The name of the new Role

privLevel:

The privilege level of the new Role[1]

#482 Request Example
POST /api/3.0/roles HTTP/1.1
Host: trafficops.infra.ciab.test
User-Agent: curl/7.47.0
Accept: */*
Cookie: mojolicious=...
Content-Length: 56
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "name": "test",
    "description": "quest",
    "privLevel": 30
}

Response Structure

capabilities:

An array of the names of the Capabilities given to this Role

Tip

This can be null or empty, depending on whether it was present in the request body, or merely empty. Obviously, it can also be a populated array.

description:

A description of the Role

id:

The integral, unique identifier for this Role

name:

The name of the Role

privLevel:

An integer that allows for comparison between Roles

#483 Response Example
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Set-Cookie, Cookie
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST,GET,OPTIONS,PUT,DELETE
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Content-Type: application/json
Set-Cookie: mojolicious=...; Path=/; Expires=Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:40:54 GMT; Max-Age=3600; HttpOnly
Whole-Content-Sha512: gzfc7m/in5vVsVP+Y9h6JJfDhgpXKn9VAzoiPENhKbQfP8Q6jug08Rt2AK/3Nz1cx5zZ8P9IjVxDdIg7mlC8bw==
X-Server-Name: traffic_ops_golang/
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:44:42 GMT
Content-Length: 150

{ "alerts": [{
    "text": "role was created.",
    "level": "success"
}],
"response": {
    "id": 5,
    "name": "test",
    "description": "quest",
    "privLevel": 30,
    "capabilities": null
}}

PUT

Replaces an existing Role with one provided by the request.

Auth. Required:

Yes

Roles Required:

“admin”

Response Type:

Request Structure

Table 214 Request Query Parameters

Name

Required

Description

id

yes

The integral, unique identifier of the Role to be replaced

capabilities:

An optional array of capability names that will be granted to the new Role

Warning

When not present, the affected Role’s Capabilities will be unchanged - not removed, unlike when the array is empty.

description:

A helpful description of the Role’s purpose.

name:

The new name of the Role

privLevel:

The new privilege level of the new Role[1]

#484 Request Example
PUT /api/3.0/roles?id=5 HTTP/1.1
Host: trafficops.infra.ciab.test
User-Agent: curl/7.47.0
Accept: */*
Cookie: mojolicious=...
Content-Length: 56
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "name":"test",
    "privLevel": 29,
    "description": "quest"
}

Response Structure

capabilities:

An array of the names of the Capabilities given to this Role

Tip

This can be null or empty, depending on whether it was present in the request body, or merely empty. Obviously, it can also be a populated array.

Warning

If no capabilities array was given in the request, this will always be null, even if the Role has Capabilities that would have gone unchanged.

description:

A description of the Role

id:

The integral, unique identifier for this Role

name:

The name of the Role

privLevel:

An integer that allows for comparison between Roles

#485 Response Example
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Set-Cookie, Cookie
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST,GET,OPTIONS,PUT,DELETE
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Content-Type: application/json
Set-Cookie: mojolicious=...; Path=/; Expires=Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:40:54 GMT; Max-Age=3600; HttpOnly
Whole-Content-Sha512: mlHQenE1Q3gjrIK2lC2hfueQOaTCpdYEfboN0A9vYPUIwTiaF5ZaAMPQBdfGyiAhgHRxowITs3bR7s1L++oFTQ==
X-Server-Name: traffic_ops_golang/
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:56:46 GMT
Content-Length: 150

{
    "alerts": [
        {
            "text": "role was updated.",
            "level": "success"
        }
    ],
    "response": {
        "id": 5,
        "name": "test",
        "description": "quest",
        "privLevel": 29,
        "capabilities": null
    }
}

DELETE

Deletes a Role

Auth. Required:

Yes

Roles Required:

“admin”

Response Type:

undefined

Request Structure

Table 215 Request Query Parameters

Name

Required

Description

id

yes

The integral, unique identifier of the Role to be replaced

#486 Request Example
DELETE /api/3.0/roles?id=5 HTTP/1.1
Host: trafficops.infra.ciab.test
User-Agent: curl/7.47.0
Accept: */*
Cookie: mojolicious=...

Response Structure

#487 Response Example
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Set-Cookie, Cookie
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST,GET,OPTIONS,PUT,DELETE
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Content-Type: application/json
Set-Cookie: mojolicious=...; Path=/; Expires=Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:40:54 GMT; Max-Age=3600; HttpOnly
Whole-Content-Sha512: 10jeFZihtbvAus/XyHAW8rhgS9JBD+X/ezCp1iExYkEcHxN4gjr1L6x8zDFXORueBSlFldgtbWKT7QsmwCHUWA==
X-Server-Name: traffic_ops_golang/
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:02:06 GMT
Content-Length: 59

{ "alerts": [{
    "text": "role was deleted.",
    "level": "success"
}]}