Update a permission group
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PUT/
Renames a group or replaces its permissions, and returns it. The change applies at once to every member of the group.
The web app stops you from editing your own group; the API doesn't. Be careful not to remove Manage Settings from your own group.
Business rules
permissions, when sent, has at least one known key and replaces the list.
Side effects
- Members of the group get the new permissions immediately.
Path parameters
Your team slug, shown as Team ID next to your API key in Profile.
- Example
your-team
- Example
The permission group's
id: a hash id from an earlier answer. Only hash ids work here; anything else answers 404page_not_found.- Example
aaNZmyj0mvmWLU
- Example
Request body
application/json, required.
namestringpermissionsarray of stringsReplaces the whole list. Permission keys.
manage_settingis Manage Settings,manage_billingManage Billing,manage_stockManage Stock. For orders, quotes, purchase orders and customers,*_all_*covers every record and*_self_*(or*_assigned_*) only records assigned to the member.view_order_financeis View Sales Order Pricing;view_customer_financeis View Customer Sales Aggregates. Repeated keys are accepted and saved as sent.- Each item is one of:
"manage_setting","manage_stock","manage_billing","view_production_board","create_product","update_product","view_product","create_service","update_service","view_service","create_order","view_all_order","view_self_order","update_all_order","update_self_order","message_all_order","message_self_order","create_quote","view_all_quote","view_self_quote","update_all_quote","update_self_quote","create_po","view_all_po","view_self_po","update_all_po","update_self_po","view_all_customer","view_assigned_customer","update_assigned_customer","update_all_customer","create_customer","view_vendor","update_vendor","create_vendor","view_report","view_customer_finance","view_order_finance" - At least 1 item
- Each item is one of:
Response
200Successful response.
Child fields (5)
Permission keys.
manage_settingis Manage Settings,manage_billingManage Billing,manage_stockManage Stock. For orders, quotes, purchase orders and customers,*_all_*covers every record and*_self_*(or*_assigned_*) only records assigned to the member.view_order_financeis View Sales Order Pricing;view_customer_financeis View Customer Sales Aggregates. Listed as saved, repeats included.- Each item is one of:
"manage_setting","manage_stock","manage_billing","view_production_board","create_product","update_product","view_product","create_service","update_service","view_service","create_order","view_all_order","view_self_order","update_all_order","update_self_order","message_all_order","message_self_order","create_quote","view_all_quote","view_self_quote","update_all_quote","update_self_quote","create_po","view_all_po","view_self_po","update_all_po","update_self_po","view_all_customer","view_assigned_customer","update_assigned_customer","update_all_customer","create_customer","view_vendor","update_vendor","create_vendor","view_report","view_customer_finance","view_order_finance"
- Each item is one of:
The members in the group.
Fields of each item (4)
The member's id, as List team members gives it.
The permission format. 3 for every group created or updated through the API.
Errors
401The API key is missing or wrong (
unauthenticated).- When
- The API key is missing or wrong.
- Fix
- Send your personal API key as
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY.
403You are not allowed to do this.
api_access_not_in_plan: your team's plan doesn't include API access (Pro and above, with an active subscription or trial), so every request answers this until the team upgrades. When your role lacks the permission the operation needs, the body is only{"message": "Insufficient Permission"}. Other refusals use the error envelope, withunauthorizedoruser_is_not_authorized.- When
- Your permission group lacks Manage Settings. This 403 has a short body,
{"message": "Insufficient Permission"}, withoutsuccessorerror. - Fix
- Ask the team owner to give your permission group Manage Settings.
404Not found.
page_not_found: the team slug is unknown, you are not a member of the team, or an id in the path is not one of this team's.code: null, with a message that starts "No query results for": there is no record with that id.- When
- No permission group with that id on this team (
error.codeis null anderror.messagestarts "No query results"), the id is not one of this team's hash ids, or you are not a member of the team (bothpage_not_found). - Fix
- Use an
idfrom the list operation and check the team slug.
422The request was refused and changed nothing:
validation_failedlists what to fix inerror.fields, other codes name a business rule. When the team's plan does not include the feature, the body is only{"message": "This feature is not available to your team's plan."}.- When
- The team's plan doesn't include advanced permission management. The body is short:
{"message": "This feature is not available to your team's plan."}. - Fix
- Upgrade the plan.
- When
permissionsis empty or has an unknown key.error.codeisvalidation_failed, anderror.fieldsnames each field with its messages.- Fix
- Fix the fields listed in
error.fieldsand send the request again.
Related
- GETShow a permission group
/v1/ api/ store/ {team_slug}/ setting/ group/ {hash_id}
