- URL:
- https://<root>/security/roles/getRolesForUser
- Methods:
POST- Required Capability:
- Access allowed with any authorized privilege
- Version Introduced:
- 10.1
Description
The get operation returns a list of role names that have been assigned to a particular user account. This operation is used by the authorization module in ArcGIS Server to determine the collective privileges of a requesting user account.
Request parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| The name of the user for whom to return the roles. Example |
(Optional) | A filter to be applied to the resultant role set. |
| The maximum number of results to return for this query. Example |
| The response format. The default response format is Values: |
Example usage
The following is a sample POST request for the get operation that seeks to return all roles that have been assigned to user 'jwhite':
POST /<context>/admin/security/roles/getRolesForUser HTTP/1.1
Host: organization.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []
username=jwhite&filter=&maxCount=20&f=pjsonJSON Response syntax
{
"roles": ["<role1>", "<role2>"],
"hasMore": <true|false>
}