---
title: "Create a new role mapping"
method: POST
path: "/admin/roleMappings"
tags: ["Admin"]
---

# Create a new role mapping

`POST /admin/roleMappings`

Creates a new mapping between a user/principal and a role.

This operation can fail for the following reasons:

* A server error occurred (HTTP error `500`)

## Request body

- RoleMapping — The mapping between a user/principal and their role.
  - `principalId` string, required
  - `role` 'READ_ONLY' | 'DEVELOPER' | 'ADMIN', required
  - `principalName` string — A friendly name for the principal.

## Response `204`

Returned when the role mapping was successfully created.

## Other responses

- `401` — Common response for all operations that can return a `401` error indicating authentication is required.
- `403` — Common response for all operations that can return a `403` error indicating the user is authenticated but not authorized.
- `500` — Common response for all operations that can fail with an unexpected server error.

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