Role Definitions - List

Reference

Service:: Authorization

API Version:: 2022-04-01

Get all role definitions that are applicable at scope and above.

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

With optional parameters:

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

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
scope	path	True	string	The scope of the role definition.
api-version	query	True	string	The API version to use for this operation.
$filter	query		string	The filter to apply on the operation. Use atScopeAndBelow filter to search below the given scope as well.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	RoleDefinitionListResult	OK - Returns an array of role definitions.
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

List role definitions for scope

Sample Request

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


/** Samples for RoleDefinitions List. */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/authorization/resource-manager/Microsoft.Authorization/stable/2022-04-01/examples/
     * GetRoleDefinitionAtScope.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: List role definitions for scope.
     *
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void listRoleDefinitionsForScope(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.accessManagement().roleAssignments().manager().roleServiceClient().getRoleDefinitions().list("scope",
            null, com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

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_at_scope.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.list(
        scope="scope",
    )
    for item in response:
        print(item)


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

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

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/GetRoleDefinitionAtScope.json
func ExampleRoleDefinitionsClient_NewListPager() {
	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)
	}
	pager := clientFactory.NewRoleDefinitionsClient().NewListPager("scope", &armauthorization.RoleDefinitionsClientListOptions{Filter: nil})
	for pager.More() {
		page, err := pager.NextPage(ctx)
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("failed to advance page: %v", err)
		}
		for _, v := range page.Value {
			// You could use page here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
			_ = v
		}
		// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your page structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
		// page.RoleDefinitionListResult = armauthorization.RoleDefinitionListResult{
		// 	Value: []*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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const { AuthorizationManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-authorization");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Get all role definitions that are applicable at scope and above.
 *
 * @summary Get all role definitions that are applicable at scope and above.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/authorization/resource-manager/Microsoft.Authorization/stable/2022-04-01/examples/GetRoleDefinitionAtScope.json
 */
async function listRoleDefinitionsForScope() {
  const subscriptionId =
    process.env["AUTHORIZATION_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";
  const scope = "scope";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new AuthorizationManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const resArray = new Array();
  for await (let item of client.roleDefinitions.list(scope)) {
    resArray.push(item);
  }
  console.log(resArray);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

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/GetRoleDefinitionAtScope.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "RoleDefinitions_List" 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 and iterate over the result
await foreach (AuthorizationRoleDefinitionResource item in collection.GetAllAsync())
{
    // the variable item is a resource, you could call other operations on this instance as well
    // but just for demo, we get its data from this resource instance
    AuthorizationRoleDefinitionData resourceData = item.Data;
    // for demo we just print out the id
    Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded on id: {resourceData.Id}");
}

Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded");

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Sample Response

Status code:: 200

{
  "value": [
    {
      "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.
RoleDefinitionListResult	Role definition list operation result.

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.

RoleDefinitionListResult

Role definition list operation result.

Name	Type	Description
nextLink	string	The URL to use for getting the next set of results.
value	RoleDefinition[]	Role definition list.