Get directoryRole

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Retrieve the properties of a directoryRole object. The role must be activated in tenant for a successful response.

You can use both the object ID and template ID of the directoryRole with this API. The template ID of a built-in role is immutable and can be seen in the role description on the Azure portal. For details, see Role template IDs.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	RoleManagement.Read.Directory, Directory.Read.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	RoleManagement.Read.Directory, Directory.Read.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory, Directory.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

You can address the directory role using either its id or roleTemplateId.

GET /directoryRoles/{role-id}
GET /directoryRoles(roleTemplateId='{roleTemplateId}')

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $select OData query parameter to help customize the response.

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Do not supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and directoryRole object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Get the definition of a directory role using role id

Request

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directoryRoles/43a63cc2-582b-4d81-a79d-1591f91d5558

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var result = await graphClient.DirectoryRoles["{directoryRole-id}"].GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)



result, err := graphClient.DirectoryRoles().ByDirectoryRoleId("directoryRole-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

DirectoryRole directoryRole = graphClient.directoryRoles("43a63cc2-582b-4d81-a79d-1591f91d5558")
	.buildRequest()
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let directoryRole = await client.api('/directoryRoles/43a63cc2-582b-4d81-a79d-1591f91d5558')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);


$result = $graphServiceClient->directoryRoles()->byDirectoryRoleId('directoryRole-id')->get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.DirectoryManagement

Get-MgDirectoryRole -DirectoryRoleId $directoryRoleId

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#directoryRoles/$entity",
    "id": "43a63cc2-582b-4d81-a79d-1591f91d5558",
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "description": "Can manage all aspects of Azure AD and Microsoft services that use Azure AD identities.",
    "displayName": "Global Administrator",
    "roleTemplateId": "62e90394-69f5-4237-9190-012177145e10"
}

Example 2: Get the definition of a directory role using roleTemplateId

Request

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directoryRoles(roleTemplateId='43a63cc2-582b-4d81-a79d-1591f91d5558')

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#directoryRoles/$entity",
    "id": "43a63cc2-582b-4d81-a79d-1591f91d5558",
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "description": "Can manage all aspects of Azure AD and Microsoft services that use Azure AD identities.",
    "displayName": "Global Administrator",
    "roleTemplateId": "62e90394-69f5-4237-9190-012177145e10"
}