---
title: "List the roles."
method: POST
path: "/roles/list"
tags: ["role"]
---

# List the roles.

`POST /roles/list`

Get roles.

## Request body

- RoleListMetadata — All api calls that return a list will have this metadata block as input
  - `filter` string — The filter in FIQL syntax used for the results.
  - `kind` string — The kind name
  - `sort_order` string — The sort order in which results are returned
  - `offset` integer — Offset from the start of the entity list
  - `length` integer — The number of records to retrieve relative to the offset
  - `sort_attribute` string — The attribute to perform sort on

## Response `200`

Success

- RoleListIntentResponse — Response object for intentful operation of roles
  - `entities` RoleIntentResource[]
    - `status` RoleDefStatus — Role status definition.
      - `state` string — The state of the role entity.
      - `message_list` MessageResource[]
        - `message` string, required — If state is ERROR, a message describing the error.
        - `reason` string, required — If state is ERROR, a machine-readable snake-cased string.
        - `details` object — Custom key-value details relevant to the status.
      - `name` string, required — Role name.
      - `resources` object, required
        - `permission_reference_list` PermissionReference[] — List of permission entities.
          - `kind` string, required — The kind name
          - `name` string
          - `uuid` string, UUID, required
      - `description` string — A description or user annotation for the role.
    - `spec` Role — Role Input Definition.
      - `name` string, required — Role name.
      - `resources` object, required
        - `permission_reference_list` PermissionReference[] — List of permission references.
          - `kind` string, required — The kind name
          - `name` string
          - `uuid` string, UUID, required
      - `description` string — A description or user annotation for the role.
    - `api_version` string
    - `metadata` RoleMetadata, required — The role kind metadata
      - `last_update_time` string, date-time — UTC date and time in RFC-3339 format when role was last updated
      - `kind` string, required — The kind name
      - `uuid` string, UUID — role uuid
      - `spec_version` integer — Version number of the latest spec.
      - `creation_time` string, date-time — UTC date and time in RFC-3339 format when role was created
      - `spec_hash` string — Hash of the spec. This will be returned from server.
      - `should_force_translate` boolean — Applied on Prism Central only. Indicate whether force to translate the spec of the fanout request to fit the target cluster API schema.
      - `owner_reference` UserReference — The reference to a user
        - `kind` string, required — The kind name
        - `name` string
        - `uuid` string, UUID, required
      - `categories` object — Categories for the role
      - `name` string — role name
  - `api_version` string, required
  - `metadata` RoleListMetadataOutput, required — All api calls that return a list will have this metadata block
    - `filter` string — The filter used for the results
    - `kind` string — The kind name
    - `sort_order` string — The sort order in which results are returned
    - `offset` integer — Offset from the start of the entity list
    - `total_matches` integer — Total matches found
    - `length` integer — The number of records retrieved relative to the offset
    - `sort_attribute` string — The attribute to perform sort on

## Other responses

- `default` — Internal Error

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