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The Role resource of Programmable Chat represents what a user can do within a Chat Service instance. Roles are scoped to either a Service or a Channel.

Users are assigned a role at the Service scope, which determines what they are can do within the Chat Service instance, such as create and destroy channels.

Members are assigned a role at the Channel scope. This determines what they are able to do within a particular channel, such as invite users to be members of the channel, post messages, and remove members from the channel.

See Permission values for information about the permissions that can be assigned in each scope.

Role Properties

Each Role resource contains these properties.

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

sidSID<RL>

Optional

The unique string that we created to identify the Role resource.

Pattern: ^RL[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

account_sidSID<AC>

Optional

The SID of the Account that created the Role resource.

Pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

service_sidSID<IS>

Optional

The SID of the Service the Role resource is associated with.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

friendly_namestring

Optional

PII MTL: 30 days

The string that you assigned to describe the resource.

typeenum<string>

Optional

The type of role. Can be: channel for Channel roles or deployment for Service roles.

Possible values:

channeldeployment

permissionsarray[string]

Optional

An array of the permissions the role has been granted.

date_createdstring<date-time>

Optional

The date and time in GMT when the resource was created specified in ISO 8601 format.

date_updatedstring<date-time>

Optional

The date and time in GMT when the resource was last updated specified in ISO 8601 format.

urlstring<uri>

Optional

The absolute URL of the Role resource.

Create a Role resource

POST https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Roles

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<IS>required

The SID of the Service to create the Role resource under.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Request body parameters

Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded

SchemaExample

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

FriendlyNamestringrequired

PII MTL: 30 days

A descriptive string that you create to describe the new resource. It can be up to 64 characters long.

Typeenum<string>required

The type of role. Can be: channel for Channel roles or deployment for Service roles.

Possible values:

channeldeployment

Permissionarray[string]required

A permission that you grant to the new role. Only one permission can be granted per parameter. To assign more than one permission, repeat this parameter for each permission value. The values for this parameter depend on the role's type.

Create a Role resource

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function createRole() {
11  const role = await client.chat.v2
12    .services("ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .roles.create({
14      friendlyName: "FriendlyName",
15      permission: ["Permission"],
16      type: "channel",
17    });
18
19  console.log(role.sid);
20}
21
22createRole();

Output

1{
2  "sid": "RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
4  "service_sid": "ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "friendly_name": "FriendlyName",
6  "type": "channel",
7  "permissions": [
8    "sendMessage",
9    "leaveChannel",
10    "editOwnMessage",
11    "deleteOwnMessage"
12  ],
13  "date_created": "2016-03-03T19:47:15Z",
14  "date_updated": "2016-03-03T19:47:15Z",
15  "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Roles/RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
16}

Fetch a Role resource

GET https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Roles/{Sid}

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<IS>required

The SID of the Service to fetch the Role resource from.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

SidSID<RL>required

The SID of the Role resource to fetch.

Pattern: ^RL[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Fetch a Role resource

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function fetchRole() {
11  const role = await client.chat.v2
12    .services("ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .roles("RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
14    .fetch();
15
16  console.log(role.sid);
17}
18
19fetchRole();

Output

1{
2  "sid": "RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
4  "service_sid": "ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "friendly_name": "channel user",
6  "type": "channel",
7  "permissions": [
8    "sendMessage",
9    "leaveChannel",
10    "editOwnMessage",
11    "deleteOwnMessage"
12  ],
13  "date_created": "2016-03-03T19:47:15Z",
14  "date_updated": "2016-03-03T19:47:15Z",
15  "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Roles/RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
16}

Read multiple Role resources

GET https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Roles

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<IS>required

The SID of the Service to read the Role resources from.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Query parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

PageSizeinteger

Optional

How many resources to return in each list page. The default is 50, and the maximum is 1000.

Minimum: 1Maximum: 1000

Pageinteger

Optional

The page index. This value is simply for client state.

Minimum: 0

PageTokenstring

Optional

The page token. This is provided by the API.

Read multiple Role resources

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function listRole() {
11  const roles = await client.chat.v2
12    .services("ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .roles.list({ limit: 20 });
14
15  roles.forEach((r) => console.log(r.sid));
16}
17
18listRole();

Output

1{
2  "meta": {
3    "page": 0,
4    "page_size": 50,
5    "first_page_url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Roles?PageSize=50&Page=0",
6    "previous_page_url": null,
7    "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Roles?PageSize=50&Page=0",
8    "next_page_url": null,
9    "key": "roles"
10  },
11  "roles": [
12    {
13      "sid": "RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
14      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
15      "service_sid": "ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
16      "friendly_name": "channel user",
17      "type": "channel",
18      "permissions": [
19        "sendMessage",
20        "leaveChannel",
21        "editOwnMessage",
22        "deleteOwnMessage"
23      ],
24      "date_created": "2016-03-03T19:47:15Z",
25      "date_updated": "2016-03-03T19:47:15Z",
26      "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Roles/RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
27    }
28  ]
29}

Update a Role resource

POST https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Roles/{Sid}

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<IS>required

The SID of the Service to update the Role resource in.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

SidSID<RL>required

The SID of the Role resource to update.

Pattern: ^RL[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Request body parameters

Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded

SchemaExample

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

Permissionarray[string]required

A permission that you grant to the role. Only one permission can be granted per parameter. To assign more than one permission, repeat this parameter for each permission value. Note that the update action replaces all previously assigned permissions with those defined in the update action. To remove a permission, do not include it in the subsequent update action. The values for this parameter depend on the role's type.

Update a Role resource

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function updateRole() {
11  const role = await client.chat.v2
12    .services("ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .roles("RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
14    .update({ permission: ["Permission"] });
15
16  console.log(role.sid);
17}
18
19updateRole();

Output

1{
2  "sid": "RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
4  "service_sid": "ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "friendly_name": "channel user",
6  "type": "channel",
7  "permissions": [
8    "sendMessage",
9    "leaveChannel",
10    "editOwnMessage",
11    "deleteOwnMessage"
12  ],
13  "date_created": "2016-03-03T19:47:15Z",
14  "date_updated": "2016-03-03T19:47:15Z",
15  "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Roles/RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
16}

Delete a Role resource

DELETE https://chat.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Roles/{Sid}

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<IS>required

The SID of the Service to delete the Role resource from.

Pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

SidSID<RL>required

The SID of the Role resource to delete.

Pattern: ^RL[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Delete a Role resource

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function deleteRole() {
11  await client.chat.v2
12    .services("ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .roles("RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
14    .remove();
15}
16
17deleteRole();

Permission Values

Service scope permissions

These are the available permissions entries for roles where type = deployment.

Permission	Enables the user to:
`addMember`	Add other users as members of a channel
`createChannel`	Create new channels
`deleteAnyMessage`	Delete any message in the Service
`destroyChannel`	Delete channels
`editAnyMessage`	Edit any message in the Service
`editAnyMessageAttributes`	Edit any message attributes in the Service
`editAnyUserInfo`	Edit other User's User Info properties
`editChannelAttributes`	Update the optional `attributes` metadata field on a channel
`editChannelName`	Change the name of a channel
`editOwnMessage`	Edit their own messages in the Service
`editOwnMessageAttributes`	Edit the own message attributes in the Service
`editOwnUserInfo`	Edit their own User Info properties
`inviteMember`	Invite other users to be members of a channel
`joinChannel`	Join channels
`removeMember`	Remove members from a channel

Channel scope permissions

These are the available permissions entries for roles where type = channel.

Permission	Enables the user to:
`addMember`	Add other users as members of a channel
`deleteAnyMessage`	Delete any message in the channel
`deleteOwnMessage`	Delete their own messages in the channel
`destroyChannel`	Delete channels
`editAnyMessage`	Edit any message in the channel
`editAnyMessageAttributes`	Edit any message attributes in the channel
`editChannelAttributes`	Update the optional `attributes` metadata field on a channel
`editChannelName`	Change the name of a channel
`editOwnMessage`	Edit their own messages in the channel
`editOwnMessageAttributes`	Edit the own message attributes in the channel
`editOwnUserInfo`	Edit their own User Info properties
`inviteMember`	Invite other users to be members of a channel
`leaveChannel`	Leave a channel
`removeMember`	Remove members from a channel
`sendMediaMessage`	Send media messages to channels
`sendMessage`	Send messages to channels