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21.4. Roles Permits Sub-Collection

21.4.1. Roles Permits Sub-Collection

Each role contains a set of allowable actions, or permits, which the API lists in capabilities.
A role's permits are listed as a sub-collection:

Example 21.5. Listing a role's permits

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GET /api/roles/b67dfbe2-0dbc-41e4-86d3-a2fbef02cfa9/permits HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml

<permits>
    <permit id="1"
      href="/api/roles/b67dfbe2-0dbc-41e4-86d3-a2fbef02cfa9/permits/1">
        <name>create_vm</name>
        <administrative>false</administrative>
        <role id="b67dfbe2-0dbc-41e4-86d3-a2fbef02cfa9"
          href="/api/roles/b67dfbe2-0dbc-41e4-86d3-a2fbef02cfa9"/>
    </permit>
    ...
</permits>

21.4.2. Assign a Permit to a Role

Assign a permit to a role with a POST request to the permits sub-collection. Use either an id attribute or a name element to specify the permit to assign.

Example 21.6. Assign a permit to a role

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POST /api/roles/b67dfbe2-0dbc-41e4-86d3-a2fbef02cfa9/permits HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml

<permit id="1"/>

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/xml

<permits>
    <permit id="1"
      href="/api/roles/b67dfbe2-0dbc-41e4-86d3-a2fbef02cfa9/permits/1">
        <name>create_vm</name>
        <administrative>false</administrative>
        <role id="b67dfbe2-0dbc-41e4-86d3-a2fbef02cfa9"
          href="/api/roles/b67dfbe2-0dbc-41e4-86d3-a2fbef02cfa9"/>
    </permit>
</permits>

21.4.3. Remove a Permit from a Role

Remove a permit from a role with a DELETE request to the permit resource.

Example 21.7. Remove a permit from a role

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DELETE /api/roles/b67dfbe2-0dbc-41e4-86d3-a2fbef02cfa9/permits/1 HTTP/1.1

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
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