Role Definitions - Get

Service:

Authorization

API Version:

2022-04-01

Get role definition by name (GUID).

GET https://management.azure.com/{scope}/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/{roleDefinitionId}?api-version=2022-04-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
roleDefinitionId	path	True	string	The ID of the role definition.
scope	path	True	string	The scope of the role definition.
api-version	query	True	string	The API version to use for this operation.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	RoleDefinition	OK - Returns information about the role definition.
Other Status Codes	ErrorResponse	Error response describing why the operation failed.

Permissions

To call this API, you must be assigned a role that has the following permissions. For more information, see Azure built-in roles.

Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/read

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

Get role definition by name

Sample Request

HTTP

GET https://management.azure.com/scope/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/roleDefinitionId?api-version=2022-04-01

Java

import com.azure.core.util.Context;

/** Samples for RoleDefinitions Get. */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file: specification/authorization/resource-manager/Microsoft.Authorization/stable/2022-04-01/examples/GetRoleDefinitionByName.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: Get role definition by name.
     *
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void getRoleDefinitionByName(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure
            .accessManagement()
            .roleAssignments()
            .manager()
            .roleServiceClient()
            .getRoleDefinitions()
            .getWithResponse("scope", "roleDefinitionId", Context.NONE);
    }
}

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Go

package armauthorization_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/authorization/armauthorization/v2"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/authorization/resource-manager/Microsoft.Authorization/stable/2022-04-01/examples/GetRoleDefinitionByName.json
func ExampleRoleDefinitionsClient_Get() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := armauthorization.NewRoleDefinitionsClient(cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := client.Get(ctx, "scope", "roleDefinitionId", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// TODO: use response item
	_ = res
}

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dotnet

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Azure;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Authorization;

// Generated from example definition: specification/authorization/resource-manager/Microsoft.Authorization/stable/2022-04-01/examples/GetRoleDefinitionByName.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "RoleDefinitions_Get" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this ArmResource created on azure
// for more information of creating ArmResource, please refer to the document of ArmResource

// get the collection of this AuthorizationRoleDefinitionResource
string scope = "scope";
ResourceIdentifier scopeId = new ResourceIdentifier(string.Format("/{0}", scope));
AuthorizationRoleDefinitionCollection collection = client.GetAuthorizationRoleDefinitions(scopeId);

// invoke the operation
ResourceIdentifier roleDefinitionId = new ResourceIdentifier("roleDefinitionId");
bool result = await collection.ExistsAsync(roleDefinitionId);

Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded: {result}");

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Sample Response

Status code:

200

{
  "properties": {
    "roleName": "Role name",
    "type": "roletype",
    "description": "Role description",
    "assignableScopes": [
      "/subscriptions/subId"
    ],
    "permissions": [
      {
        "actions": [
          "action"
        ],
        "notActions": [],
        "dataActions": [
          "dataAction"
        ],
        "notDataActions": []
      }
    ]
  },
  "id": "/subscriptions/subID/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/roleDefinitionId",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions",
  "name": "roleDefinitionId"
}

Definitions

ErrorAdditionalInfo	The resource management error additional info.
ErrorDetail	The error detail.
ErrorResponse	Error response
Permission	Role definition permissions.
RoleDefinition	Role definition.

ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.

Name	Type	Description
info	object	The additional info.
type	string	The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

The error detail.

Name	Type	Description
additionalInfo	ErrorAdditionalInfo[]	The error additional info.
code	string	The error code.
details	ErrorDetail[]	The error details.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The error target.

ErrorResponse

Error response

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorDetail	The error object.

Permission

Role definition permissions.

Name	Type	Description
actions	string[]	Allowed actions.
dataActions	string[]	Allowed Data actions.
notActions	string[]	Denied actions.
notDataActions	string[]	Denied Data actions.

RoleDefinition

Role definition.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	The role definition ID.
name	string	The role definition name.
properties.assignableScopes	string[]	Role definition assignable scopes.
properties.createdBy	string	Id of the user who created the assignment
properties.createdOn	string	Time it was created
properties.description	string	The role definition description.
properties.permissions	Permission[]	Role definition permissions.
properties.roleName	string	The role name.
properties.type	string	The role type.
properties.updatedBy	string	Id of the user who updated the assignment
properties.updatedOn	string	Time it was updated
type	string	The role definition type.