updateRole #

Updates a security role definition.

Note: partial updates are not supported for roles, this API action will replace the entire role content with the provided one.

Query Syntax #

HTTP #

URL: http://kuzzle:7512/roles/<_id>/_update[?refresh=wait_for][&force][&retryOnConflict=10]
Method: PUT
Body:

{
  "controllers": {
    "*": {
      "actions": {
        "*": true
      }
    }
  }
}

Other protocols #

{
  "controller": "security",
  "action": "updateRole",
  "_id": "<roleId>",
  "body": {
    "controllers": {
      "*": {
        "actions": {
          "*": true
        }
      }
    }
  },
  // Optional
  "force": false,
  "refresh": "wait_for",
  "retryOnConflict": 10
}

Arguments #

• _id: role identifier

Optional arguments #

• force: if set to true, updates the role even if it gives access to non-existent plugins API actions (default: false)
• refresh: if set to wait_for, Kuzzle will not respond until the user changes are indexed (default: "wait_for")
• retryOnConflict: in case of an update conflict in Elasticsearch, the number of retries before aborting the operation (default: 10)

Body properties #

• controllers: role definition

Response #

Returns the updated role identifier and version number.

{
  "status": 200,
  "error": null,
  "action": "updateRole",
  "controller": "security",
  "requestId": "<unique request identifier>",
  "result": {
    "_id": "<roleId>",
    "_version": 2
  }
}