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Folder Permissions API
This API can be used to update/get the permissions for a folder.
Permissions with folderId=-1 are the default permissions for users with the Viewer and Editor roles. Permissions can be set for a user, a team or a role (Viewer or Editor). Permissions cannot be set for Admins - they always have access to everything.
The permission levels for the permission field:
- 1 = View
- 2 = Edit
- 4 = Admin
Get permissions for a folder
GET /api/folders/:uid/permissions
Gets all existing permissions for the folder with the given uid.
Example request:
GET /api/folders/nErXDvCkzz/permissions HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbkExample Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 551
[
{
"id": 1,
"folderId": -1,
"created": "2017-06-20T02:00:00+02:00",
"updated": "2017-06-20T02:00:00+02:00",
"userId": 0,
"userLogin": "",
"userEmail": "",
"teamId": 0,
"team": "",
"role": "Viewer",
"permission": 1,
"permissionName": "View",
"uid": "nErXDvCkzz",
"title": "",
"slug": "",
"isFolder": false,
"url": ""
},
{
"id": 2,
"dashboardId": -1,
"created": "2017-06-20T02:00:00+02:00",
"updated": "2017-06-20T02:00:00+02:00",
"userId": 0,
"userLogin": "",
"userEmail": "",
"teamId": 0,
"team": "",
"role": "Editor",
"permission": 2,
"permissionName": "Edit",
"uid": "",
"title": "",
"slug": "",
"isFolder": false,
"url": ""
}
]Status Codes:
- 200 - Ok
- 401 - Unauthorized
- 403 - Access denied
- 404 - Folder not found
Update permissions for a folder
POST /api/folders/:uid/permissions
Updates permissions for a folder. This operation will remove existing permissions if they’re not included in the request.
Example request:
POST /api/folders/nErXDvCkzz/permissions
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer eyJrIjoiT0tTcG1pUlY2RnVKZTFVaDFsNFZXdE9ZWmNrMkZYbk
{
"items": [
{
"role": "Viewer",
"permission": 1
},
{
"role": "Editor",
"permission": 2
},
{
"teamId": 1,
"permission": 1
},
{
"userId": 11,
"permission": 4
}
]
}JSON body schema:
- items - The permission items to add/update. Items that are omitted from the list will be removed.
Example response:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 35
{"message":"Folder permissions updated","id":1,"title":"Department ABC"}Status Codes:
- 200 - Ok
- 401 - Unauthorized
- 403 - Access denied
- 404 - Dashboard not found