Update Role

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Updating a Single Field
To update only a single field of a User, please use the PATCH method with the parameters that need to be changed.

Request

To update all attributes of a specific Role please make a PUT request to the following URL:

HTTP Method	URL
PUT	`https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/roles/<role_label>`

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
role_label	String	The id or username of the User, username should use the prefix `~`

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Use	Description
token	String	Authentication	Authorization Token can optionally be sent as a query parameter.

Body Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required?	Default Value
label	String	No	`role name`
name	String	Yes	N/A (Required)
description	String	No	`""`
permissions	List	Yes	N/A (Required)

Header

Parameter	Required?	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	Authentication Token of account
Content-Type	Yes	Content type of body: String (application/json)

$ curl -X PUT 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/roles/dashboards-viewer' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -d '{
    "name": "Ubidots",
    "label": "ubidots",
    "permissions": [
        {
          "label": "view_dashboard",
          "name": "Permission to view a Dashboard.",
          "model": "dashboard"
        },
        {
          "label": "view_widget",
          "name": "Permission to view a Widget.",
          "model": "dashboard"
        },
    ] 
}'

{
  "url": "https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/roles/ubidots",
  "label": "ubidots",
  "name": "Ubidots",
  "description": "",
  "permissions": [
    {
      "label": "view_dashboard",
      "name": "Permission to view a Dashboard.",
      "model": "dashboard"
    },
    {
      "label": "view_widget",
      "name": "Permission to view a Widget.",
      "model": "dashboard"
    },
  ],
  "createdAt": "2023-03-07T13:58:18.605688Z",
  "isActive": true,
  "permissionsCount": 2
}

{
    "code": 400001,
    "message": "Validation Error.",
    "detail": {
        ....
    }
}

{
    "code": 401001,
    "message": "Authentication credentials were not provided.",
    "detail": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}

Response

Returns a Role Object of the updated Role