Role Definitions - Get By Id

Service:

Authorization

API Version:

2022-04-01

Gets a role definition by ID.

GET https://management.azure.com/{roleId}?disambiguation_dummy&api-version=2022-04-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
roleId	path	True	string	The fully qualified role definition ID. Use the format, /subscriptions/{guid}/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/{roleDefinitionId} for subscription level role definitions, or /providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/{roleDefinitionId} for tenant level role definitions.
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.

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 ID

Sample Request

HTTP

GET https://management.azure.com/roleDefinitionId?disambiguation_dummy&api-version=2022-04-01

Java

import com.azure.core.util.Context;

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

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Python

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.mgmt.authorization import AuthorizationManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-authorization
# USAGE
    python get_role_definition_by_id.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = AuthorizationManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="SUBSCRIPTION_ID",
    )

    response = client.role_definitions.get_by_id(
        role_id="roleDefinitionId",
    )
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/authorization/resource-manager/Microsoft.Authorization/stable/2022-04-01/examples/GetRoleDefinitionById.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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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/blob/53b1affe357b3bfbb53721d0a2002382a046d3b0/specification/authorization/resource-manager/Microsoft.Authorization/stable/2022-04-01/examples/GetRoleDefinitionById.json
func ExampleRoleDefinitionsClient_GetByID() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armauthorization.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := clientFactory.NewRoleDefinitionsClient().GetByID(ctx, "roleDefinitionId", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.RoleDefinition = armauthorization.RoleDefinition{
	// 	Name: to.Ptr("roleDefinitionId"),
	// 	Type: to.Ptr("Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions"),
	// 	ID: to.Ptr("/subscriptions/subID/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/roleDefinitionId"),
	// 	Properties: &armauthorization.RoleDefinitionProperties{
	// 		RoleType: to.Ptr("roletype"),
	// 		Description: to.Ptr("Role description"),
	// 		AssignableScopes: []*string{
	// 			to.Ptr("/subscriptions/subId")},
	// 			Permissions: []*armauthorization.Permission{
	// 				{
	// 					Actions: []*string{
	// 						to.Ptr("action")},
	// 						DataActions: []*string{
	// 							to.Ptr("dataAction")},
	// 							NotActions: []*string{
	// 							},
	// 							NotDataActions: []*string{
	// 							},
	// 					}},
	// 					RoleName: to.Ptr("Role name"),
	// 				},
	// 			}
}

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JavaScript

const { AuthorizationManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-authorization");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Gets a role definition by ID.
 *
 * @summary Gets a role definition by ID.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/authorization/resource-manager/Microsoft.Authorization/stable/2022-04-01/examples/GetRoleDefinitionById.json
 */
async function getRoleDefinitionById() {
  const subscriptionId =
    process.env["AUTHORIZATION_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";
  const roleId = "roleDefinitionId";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new AuthorizationManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.roleDefinitions.getById(roleId);
  console.log(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

Name	Description
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.