Create a new user role in your account's default service

POST /v1/Roles
Account sid auth token

A Role resource represents a set of permissions granted to a user within a service or a conversation.

Create a new user role in your account's default service

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Body

  • FriendlyName string Required

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

  • Type string Required

    The type of role. Can be: conversation for Conversation roles or service for Conversation Service roles.

    Values are conversation or service.

  • Permission array[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.

Responses

  • 201 application/json

    Created

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    • Access-Control-Allow-Origin string

      Specify the origin(s) allowed to access the resource

    • Access-Control-Allow-Methods string

      Specify the HTTP methods allowed when accessing the resource

    • Access-Control-Allow-Headers string

      Specify the headers allowed when accessing the resource

    • Access-Control-Allow-Credentials boolean

      Indicates whether the browser should include credentials

    • Access-Control-Expose-Headers string

      Headers exposed to the client

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    • sid string | null

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

      Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^RL[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.

    • account_sid string | null

      The SID of the Account that created the Role resource.

      Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.

    • chat_service_sid string | null

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

      Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.

    • friendly_name string | null

      The string that you assigned to describe the resource.

    • type string

      The type of role. Can be: conversation for Conversation roles or service for Conversation Service roles.

      Values are conversation or service.

    • permissions array[string] | null

      An array of the permissions the role has been granted.

    • date_created string(date-time) | null

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

    • date_updated string(date-time) | null

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

    • url string(uri) | null

      An absolute API resource URL for this user role.
POST /v1/Roles 
curl \
 --request POST 'https://conversations.twilio.com/v1/Roles' \
 --user "username:password" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
 --data 'Type=conversation&Permission=sendMessage&FriendlyName=Conversation+Role'
Request example 
{"Type"=>"conversation", "Permission"=>"sendMessage", "FriendlyName"=>"Conversation Role"}
Response examples (201) 
{
  "sid": "RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "url": "https://conversations.twilio.com/v1/Roles/RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "type": "conversation",
  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "permissions": [
    "sendMessage",
    "leaveConversation",
    "editOwnMessage",
    "deleteOwnMessage"
  ],
  "date_created": "2016-03-03T19:47:15Z",
  "date_updated": "2016-03-03T19:47:15Z",
  "friendly_name": "Conversation Role",
  "chat_service_sid": "ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
}