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PATCH
Partially update role

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Most Braintrust endpoints are authenticated by providing your API key as a header Authorization: Bearer [api_key] to your HTTP request. You can create an API key in the Braintrust organization settings page.

Path Parameters

role_id
string<uuid>
required

Role id

Body

application/json

Fields to update

description
string | null

Textual description of the role

name
string | null

Name of the role

Minimum string length: 1
add_member_permissions
object[] | null

A list of permissions to add to the role

remove_member_permissions
object[] | null

A list of permissions to remove from the role

add_member_roles
string<uuid>[] | null

A list of role IDs to add to the role's inheriting-from set

remove_member_roles
string<uuid>[] | null

A list of role IDs to remove from the role's inheriting-from set

Response

Returns the role object

A role is a collection of permissions which can be granted as part of an ACL

Roles can consist of individual permissions, as well as a set of roles they inherit from

id
string<uuid>
required

Unique identifier for the role

name
string
required

Name of the role

org_id
string<uuid> | null

Unique id for the organization that the role belongs under

A null org_id indicates a system role, which may be assigned to anybody and inherited by any other role, but cannot be edited.

It is forbidden to change the org after creating a role

user_id
string<uuid> | null

Identifies the user who created the role

created
string<date-time> | null

Date of role creation

description
string | null

Textual description of the role

deleted_at
string<date-time> | null

Date of role deletion, or null if the role is still active

member_permissions
object[] | null

(permission, restrict_object_type) tuples which belong to this role

member_roles
string<uuid>[] | null

Ids of the roles this role inherits from

An inheriting role has all the permissions contained in its member roles, as well as all of their inherited permissions