Add Role

URL:
https://<root>/security/roles/add
Methods:
POST
Required Capability:
Access allowed with either the "Update", "Delete", "Security and Infrastructure", or "Servers" privileges
Version Introduced:
10.1

Description

The add operation adds a role to the role store. This operation is available only when the role store is a read-write store, such as the default ArcGIS Server store. If the role you attempt to add has a name that matches a role that already exists in the role store, an error will be returned.

Request parameters

ParameterDetails

rolename

The name of the role. The name must be unique in the role store.

Example
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rolename=editors

description

An optional field to add comments or a description for the role.

Example
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description=Group of users that can edit maps

f

The response format. The default response format is html.

Values: html | json | pjson

Example usage

The following is a sample POST request for the add operation:

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POST /webadaptor/admin/security/roles/add HTTP/1.1
Host: machine.domain.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

rolename=editors&description=Group of users that can edit maps&f=pjson

JSON Response example

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{"status": "success"}

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