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Retrieve Roles

Retrieve all available roles on a document or binder and the users and groups assigned to them.

GET/api/{version}/objects/{documents_or_binders}/{id}/roles{/role_name}
NameDescription
Acceptapplication/json (default) or application/xml
NameDescription
{documents_or_binders}Choose to retrieve values for documents or binders.
{id}The id of the document, binder, or object record.
{/role_name}Optional: Include a role name to filter for a specific role. For example, owner__v.
curl -X GET -H "Authorization: {SESSION_ID}" \
https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v20.2/objects/documents/245/roles
{
    "responseStatus": "SUCCESS",
    "responseMessage": "Document roles retrieved",
    "errorCodes": null,
    "documentRoles": [
        {
            "name": "reviewer__v",
            "label": "Reviewer",
            "assignedUsers": [
                25496,
                26231
            ],
            "assignedGroups": [
                1,
                2
            ],
            "availableUsers": [
                25496,
                26231,
                28874
            ],
            "availableGroups": [
                1,
                2,
                3
            ],
            "defaultUsers": [
                25496,
                26231
            ],
            "defaultGroups": [
                1,
                2
            ]
        }
      ]
}

In the response, document ID 245 is configured with roles. Two users (25496 & 26231) and two groups (1 & 2) are assigned to the reviewer__v role by default.