The removeRole() GraphQL mutation is used to remove a role. It's only usable if roles are not managed externally (e.g. in LDAP).

Related to this mutation, there is the mutation createRole(), for creating a role. There is also the mutation updateDefaultRole() for updating the default role for a group.

For getting information about a given role, there is the role() query. There are also the roles() and rolesPage() queries to get a list of roles.

For more information on roles in LogScale, see the Manage Users and Permissions documentation page. You may also want to look at the Manage Users and Permissions page for related information.

API Stability Long-Term
Security Requirement & Control ManageUsers API permission

Syntax

graphql
removeRole(
      roleId: string!
   ): BooleanResultType!

You'll have to give the unique identifier of the role you want to delete. You can use the roles() query to get this.

For the results, you'll receive confirmation if successful through a simple parameter. See the Returned Datatype section.

Example

Raw
graphql
mutation {
  removeRole( roleId: "abc123")
  { result }
}
Mac OS or Linux (curl)
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  removeRole( roleId: \"abc123\")
  { result }
}"
}
EOF
Mac OS or Linux (curl) One-line
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  removeRole( roleId: \"abc123\")
  { result }
}"
}
EOF
Windows Cmd and curl
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql ^
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" ^
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" ^
    -d @'{"query" : "mutation { ^
  removeRole( roleId: \"abc123\") ^
  { result } ^
}" ^
} '
Windows Powershell and curl
powershell
curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "mutation {
  removeRole( roleId: \"abc123\")
  { result }
}"
}'
    "$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql"
Perl
perl
#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP;

my $TOKEN = "TOKEN";

my $uri = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql';

my $query = "mutation {
  removeRole( roleId: \"abc123\")
  { result }
}";
$query =~ s/\n/ /g;
my $json = sprintf('{"query" : "%s"}',$query);
my $req = HTTP::Request->new("POST", $uri );

$req->header("Authorization" => "Bearer $TOKEN");
$req->header("Content-Type" => "application/json");

$req->content( $json );

my $lwp = LWP::UserAgent->new;

my $result = $lwp->request( $req );

print $result->{"_content"},"\n";
Python
python
#! /usr/local/bin/python3

import requests

url = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql'
mydata = r'''{"query" : "mutation {
  removeRole( roleId: \"abc123\")
  { result }
}"
}'''

resp = requests.post(url,
                     data = mydata,
                     headers = {
   "Authorization" : "Bearer $TOKEN",
   "Content-Type" : "application/json"
}
)

print(resp.text)
Node.js
javascript
const https = require('https');

const data = JSON.stringify(
    {"query" : "mutation {
  removeRole( roleId: \"abc123\")
  { result }
}"
}
);


const options = {
  hostname: '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL',
  path: 'graphql',
  port: 443,
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': data.length,
    Authorization: 'BEARER ' + process.env.TOKEN,
    'User-Agent': 'Node',
  },
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`);

  res.on('data', (d) => {
    data += d;
  });
  res.on('end', () => {
    console.log(JSON.parse(data).data);
  });
});

req.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error(error);
});

req.write(data);
req.end();
Example Responses
Success (HTTP Response Code 200 OK)
json
{
  "data": {
    "removeRole": {
      "result": true
    }
  }
}

Given Datatype

For the input, you'll have to give the unique identifier of the role you want to delete. You can use the roles() query to get this.

Table: Input Using Standard Datatypes

Parameter Type Required Default Description
roleId string yes   The unique identifier of the role to delete.

Returned Datatype

For this datatype, the only result is whether the mutation was successful or not. The table below describes this:

Table: BooleanResultType

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultStabilityDescription
Some arguments may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For return datatypes, this indicates that you must specify which fields you want returned in the results.
Table last updated: Sep 24, 2024
resultbooleanyes Long-TermWhether the mutation was performed successfully.