CreateRole

CreateRole( param_object )
CreateRole( param_object )
CreateRole( param_object )
CreateRole( param_object )
create_role( param_object )
create_role param_object
CreateRole( param_object )
CreateRole( param_object )

Description

CreateRole creates a new user-defined role with the specified param_object. This function requires an admin key for authentication.

Parameters

Argument Type Definition and requirements

param_object

Object

The param_object fields are described below.

param_object

Field name Field type Definition and requirements

name

String

The role’s name.

privileges

Array

One or more privilege configuration objects.

membership

Array

Optional. One or more membership configuration objects.

data

Object

Optional. This is user-defined metadata for the key. It is provided for the developer to store information at the key level.

Returns

An object containing the metadata about the results of CreateRole operations.

Field name Field type Definition and requirements

ref

Reference

The reference is an automatically-generated, unique identifier within the database to the role that was created.

ts

Long

The timestamp associated with the creation of the role.

name

String

The role’s name.

privileges

Array

The role’s privileges configuration.

membership

Array

The role’s membership configuration.

Examples

The query below creates a role that grants unrestricted read access to the spells collection:

curl https://db.fauna.com/ \
    -u fnAChGwBcAACAO70ziE0cfROosNJHdgBmJU1PgpL: \
    -d '{
      "create_role": {
        "object": {
          "name": "new-role",
          "privileges": {
            "object": {
              "resource": { "class": "spells" },
              "actions": { "object": { "read": true } }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }'
client.Query(
  CreateRole(
    Obj(
      "name", "new-role",
      "privileges", Obj(
        "resource", Collection("spells"),
        "actions", Obj("read", true)
      )
    )
  )
);
System.out.println(
    client.query(
        CreateRole(
            Obj(
                "name", Value("new-role"),
                "privileges", Obj(
                    "resource", Collection("spells"),
                    "actions", Obj("read", Value(true))
                )
            )
        )
    ).get());
result, _ := client.Query(
    f.CreateRole(
        f.Obj{
            "name": "new-role",
            "privileges": f.Obj{
                "resource": f.Collection("spells"),
                "actions": f.Obj{"read": true},
            },
        },
    ),
)
fmt.Println(result)
client.query(
  CreateRole(
    Obj(
      "name" -> "new-role",
      "privileges" -> Obj(
        "resource" -> Collection("spells"),
        "actions" -> Obj("read" -> true)
      )
    )
  )
)
client.query(
  q.create_role({
    "name": "new-role",
    "privileges": {
      "resource": q.collection("spells"),
      "actions": { "read": true }
    }
  })
)
$client.query do
  create_role {
    name: 'new-role',
    privileges: {
      resource: collection('spells'),
      actions: { read: true }
    }
  }
end
client.query(
    CreateRole(
        Obj(
            "name" => "new-role",
            "privileges" => Obj(
                "resource" => Collection("spells"),
                "actions" => Obj("read" => true)
            )
        )
    )
)
client.query(
  q.CreateRole({
    name: 'new-role',
    privileges: {
      resource: q.Collection('spells'),
      actions: { read: true },
    },
  })
)
.then((result) => console.log(result))
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "roles/new-role" },
  "class": { "@ref": "roles" },
  "ts": 1509244540009619,
  "name": "new-role",
  "privileges": {
    "resource": { "@ref": "classes/spells" },
    "actions": { "read": true }
  }
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "roles/new-role" },
  "class": { "@ref": "roles" },
  "ts": 1509244540009619,
  "name": "new-role",
  "privileges": {
    "resource": { "@ref": "classes/spells" },
    "actions": { "read": true }
  }
}
{
  ref: ref(id = "new-role", collection = ref(id = "roles")),
  ts: 1526674566835735,
  name: "new-role",
  privileges: {
    resource: ref(id = "spells", collection = ref(id = "collections")),
    actions: { read: true }
  }
}
map[ref:{new-role 0xc4201ef8e0 <nil>} ts:1509244540009619 name:new-role privileges:map[resource:{spells 0xc4201efb40 <nil>} actions:map[read: true]]]
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "roles/new-role" },
  "class": { "@ref": "roles" },
  "ts": 1509244540009619,
  "name": "new-role",
  "privileges": {
    "resource": { "@ref": "classes/spells" },
    "actions": { "read": true }
  }
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "roles/new-role" },
  "class": { "@ref": "roles" },
  "ts": 1509244540009619,
  "name": "new-role",
  "privileges": {
    "resource": { "@ref": "classes/spells" },
    "actions": { "read": true }
  }
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "roles/new-role" },
  "class": { "@ref": "roles" },
  "ts": 1509244540009619,
  "name": "new-role",
  "privileges": {
    "resource": { "@ref": "classes/spells" },
    "actions": { "read": true }
  }
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "roles/new-role" },
  "class": { "@ref": "roles" },
  "ts": 1509244540009619,
  "name": "new-role",
  "privileges": {
    "resource": { "@ref": "classes/spells" },
    "actions": { "read": true }
  }
}
{
  ref: ref(id = "new-role", collection = ref(id = "roles")),
  ts: 1526674566835735,
  name: "new-role",
  privileges: {
    resource: ref(id = "spells", collection = ref(id = "collections")),
    actions: { read: true }
  }
}

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