---
title: "Grant Distributor Access"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/admin/distributors/{client_id}/access"
tags: ["Admin APIs", "distributors", "Wholesale Distribution"]
---

# Grant Distributor Access

`POST /api/v1/admin/distributors/{client_id}/access`

Grant distributor access to an existing user of this client (PRO-2681),
as either a Distributor Admin or a Distributor User. Access applies across
every contract the distributor holds. Re-granting a user who already holds
a distributor role changes their role.

## Path parameters

- `client_id` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- DistributorAccessGrantRequest — Grant distributor access to one existing user of the LP.
  - `user_id` string, uuid4, required
  - `distributor_role` 'Distributor Admin' | 'Distributor User' — Additive distributor role stored directly on ``users.distributor_role`` (``distributor_role_enum`` Postgres enum), the same pattern as ``block_role``. ``DISTRIBUTOR_ADMIN`` grants access to the platform's distributor features, scoped by the user's client's distributor contract(s); ``DISTRIBUTOR_USER`` marks a non-administrative distributor user and grants no distributor-view access on its own.
  - `prompt_access` boolean, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- DistributorAdmin — An LP user holding a distributor role. The role is also assignable on the user's profile in user management (like ``block_role``); the access endpoints below write the same column.
  - `id` string, uuid4, required
  - `first_name` string, required
  - `last_name` string, required
  - `email` string, required
  - `role` string, required
  - `status` string

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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