updateRole()

API Stability	`Long-Term`

The updateRole() GraphQL mutation is used to update a user role in LogScale.

For more information on roles in LogScale, see the Manage users & permissions documentation page. You may also want to look at the Manage users & permissions page for related information.

Syntax

Below is the syntax for the updateRole() mutation field:

graphql

updateRole(
     input: UpdateRoleInput!
   ): UpdateRoleMutation!

Below is an example of how this mutation field might be used:

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graphql

mutation {
  updateRole( input:
    { roleId: "oM04QwJ9N3FDHdzqOyboxvjYSwQsXzA2",
      displayName: "Testers",
      viewPermissions: [ ChangeDashboards, ReadAccess ]
    }
  )
  { role { usersCount } }
}

shell

curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  updateRole( input:
    { roleId: \"oM04QwJ9N3FDHdzqOyboxvjYSwQsXzA2\",
      displayName: \"Testers\",
      viewPermissions: [ ChangeDashboards, ReadAccess ]
    }
  )
  { role { usersCount } }
}"
}
EOF

shell

curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  updateRole( input:
    { roleId: \"oM04QwJ9N3FDHdzqOyboxvjYSwQsXzA2\",
      displayName: \"Testers\",
      viewPermissions: [ ChangeDashboards, ReadAccess ]
    }
  )
  { role { usersCount } }
}"
}
EOF

shell

curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql ^
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" ^
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" ^
    -d @'{"query" : "mutation { ^
  updateRole( input: ^
    { roleId: \"oM04QwJ9N3FDHdzqOyboxvjYSwQsXzA2\", ^
      displayName: \"Testers\", ^
      viewPermissions: [ ChangeDashboards, ReadAccess ] ^
    } ^
  ) ^
  { role { usersCount } } ^
}" ^
} '

powershell

curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "mutation {
  updateRole( input:
    { roleId: \"oM04QwJ9N3FDHdzqOyboxvjYSwQsXzA2\",
      displayName: \"Testers\",
      viewPermissions: [ ChangeDashboards, ReadAccess ]
    }
  )
  { role { usersCount } }
}"
}'
    "$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql"

perl

#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP;

my $INGEST_TOKEN = "TOKEN";

my $uri = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql';

my $json = '{"query" : "mutation {
  updateRole( input:
    { roleId: \"oM04QwJ9N3FDHdzqOyboxvjYSwQsXzA2\",
      displayName: \"Testers\",
      viewPermissions: [ ChangeDashboards, ReadAccess ]
    }
  )
  { role { usersCount } }
}"
}';
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

#! /usr/local/bin/python3

import requests

url = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql'
mydata = r'''{"query" : "mutation {
  updateRole( input:
    { roleId: \"oM04QwJ9N3FDHdzqOyboxvjYSwQsXzA2\",
      displayName: \"Testers\",
      viewPermissions: [ ChangeDashboards, ReadAccess ]
    }
  )
  { role { usersCount } }
}"
}'''

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

print(resp.text)

javascript

const https = require('https');

const data = JSON.stringify(
    {"query" : "mutation {
  updateRole( input:
    { roleId: \"oM04QwJ9N3FDHdzqOyboxvjYSwQsXzA2\",
      displayName: \"Testers\",
      viewPermissions: [ ChangeDashboards, ReadAccess ]
    }
  )
  { role { usersCount } }
}"
}
);


const options = {
  hostname: '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql',
  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

Show:

json

{
  "data": {
    "updateRole": {
      "role": {
        "usersCount": 6
      }
    }
  }
}

Given Datatypes

UpdateRoleInput has several parameters. Below is a list of them along with a description of each:

Table: UpdateRoleInput

Parameter	Type	Required	Stability	Description
Some arguments may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For some fields, this column indicates that a result will always be returned for this column.
Table last updated: Oct 4, 2024
`color`	string		`Long-Term`	The color for displaying the role.
`description`	string		`Long-Term`	The description of the role to update.
`displayName`	string	yes	`Long-Term`	The display name of the role to update.
`objectAction`	`ObjectAction`		`Long-Term`	The object of the action. See `ObjectAction`.
`organizationManagementPermissions`	[`OrganizationManagementPermission`]	yes	`Long-Term`	List of permissions given for organization management. See `OrganizationManagementPermission`.
`organizationPermissions`	[`OrganizationPermission`]	yes	`Long-Term`	List of permissions given for the organization. See `OrganizationPermission`.
`roleId`	string	yes	`Long-Term`	The unique identifier of the role to update.
`systemPermissions`	[`SystemPermission`]	yes	`Long-Term`	List of permissions given for users who are assigned the role. See `SystemPermission`.
`viewPermissions`	[`Permission`]	yes	`Long-Term`	A list of permissions associated with the view. See `Permission`.

Returned Datatypes

The returned datatype UpdateRoleMutation has one parameter and several sub-parameters. Click on the link below to see a table containing the sub-parameters:

Table: UpdateRoleMutation

Parameter	Type	Required	Stability	Description
Some arguments may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For some fields, this column indicates that a result will always be returned for this column.
Table last updated: Oct 4, 2024
`role`	`Role`	yes	`Long-Term`	The role to update. See `Role`.

GraphQL Mutations

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GraphQL Datatypes

updateRole()

Syntax

Given Datatypes

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