- URL:
- https://<root>/security/roles/getRolesForUser
- Methods:
- POST
- Required Capability:
- Access allowed with any authorized privilege
- Version Introduced:
- 10.1
Description
The get operation returns a list of role names that have been assigned to a particular user account. This operation is used by the authorization module in ArcGIS Server to determine the collective privileges of a requesting user account.
Request parameters
| Parameter | Description | 
|---|---|
| 
 | The name of the user for whom to return the roles. Example  | 
| 
 (Optional) | A filter to be applied to the resultant role set. | 
| 
 | The maximum number of results to return for this query. Example  | 
| 
 | The response format. The default response format is  Values:  | 
Example usage
The following is a sample POST request for the get operation that seeks to return all roles that have been assigned to user 'jwhite':
POST /<context>/admin/security/roles/getRolesForUser HTTP/1.1
Host: organization.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []
username=jwhite&filter=&maxCount=20&f=pjsonJSON Response syntax
{
  "roles": ["<role1>", "<role2>"],
  "hasMore": <true|false>
}