Roles

Roles grant permissions to Users. The help docs have more information on the default Roles.

List Roles

Find Roles matching the provided filters.

🔒 Requires Roles: List Roles permission.

Securitybearer
Request
query Parameters
cursor
string

This parameter is used to paginate through results. No value is needed for the first request. If there are additional results, the response will contain a pagination.cursor value that can be used in the subsequent request to retrieve the next page of results

size
number [ 1 .. 50 ]
Default: 20

Number of results to return

sort
string (SortTypeLimitedEnum)

Which field to sort by

Enum: "createdAt" "updatedAt"
sortDir
string (SortDirectionEnum)

The direction to sort the data

Enum: "ASC" "DESC"
expand[]
Array of strings (RoleExpandEnum)

List of subcollections and sub-objects to expand

Items Value: "permissions"
Responses
200

Successful

400

Malformed data and/or validation errors

401

Invalid Authorization

402

You must upgrade your plan to use this feature

403

You are not allowed to perform this action

412

You must accept the Drata terms and conditions to use the API

500

Internal server error

get/roles
Request samples 
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "data": [
    • {
      • "id": 1,
      • "role": "ADMIN",
      • "createdAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
      • "updatedAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
      • "permissions": [
        • {
          • "id": 1,
          • "action": "READ",
          • "subject": "Asset",
          • "createdAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
  • "pagination": {
    • "cursor": "string"
    }
}
Get Role
Get the full detail of a Role record.


🔒 Requires Roles: Get Role permission.


Securitybearer 
Request 
path Parameters
required
number or string
An integer Role ID or name prefixed with role:


 
query Parameters
expand[]
Array of strings (RoleExpandEnum) 
List of subcollections and sub-objects to expand


Items Value: "permissions"  
Responses 
200
Successful


400
Malformed data and/or validation errors


401
Invalid Authorization


402
You must upgrade your plan to use this feature


403
You are not allowed to perform this action


404
Not Found


412
You must accept the Drata terms and conditions to use the API


500
Internal server error


get/roles/{roleId}
Request samples 
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "id": 1,
  • "role": "ADMIN",
  • "createdAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
  • "updatedAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
  • "permissions": [
    • {
      • "id": 1,
      • "action": "READ",
      • "subject": "Asset",
      • "createdAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
      }
    ]
}
List Users with Role
List all Users that have a specific Role assigned.


🔒 Requires Users: List Users permission.


Securitybearer 
Request 
path Parameters
required
number or string
An integer Role ID or name prefixed with role:


 
query Parameters
cursor
string
This parameter is used to paginate through results. No value is needed for the first request. If there are additional results, the response will contain a pagination.cursor value that can be used in the subsequent request to retrieve the next page of results


 
size
number  [ 1 .. 50 ] 
 Default:  20
Number of results to return


 
sort
string (SortTypeLimitedEnum) 
Which field to sort by


 Enum: "createdAt" "updatedAt"  
sortDir
string (SortDirectionEnum) 
The direction to sort the data


 Enum: "ASC" "DESC"  
expand[]
Array of strings (UserExpandEnum) 
List of subcollections and sub-objects to expand


Items Enum: "backgroundChecks" "documents" "personnel" "identities" "roles"  
firstName
string
User first name


 
 Example:  firstName=John
lastName
string
User last name


 
 Example:  lastName=Doe
Responses 
200
400
Malformed data and/or validation errors


401
Invalid Authorization


402
You must upgrade your plan to use this feature


403
You are not allowed to perform this action


404
Not Found


412
You must accept the Drata terms and conditions to use the API


500
Internal server error


get/roles/{roleId}/users
Request samples 
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "data": [
    • {
      • "id": 1,
      • "email": "[email protected]",
      • "firstName": "Sally",
      • "lastName": "Smith",
      • "createdAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
      • "updatedAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
      • "jobTitle": "CEO",
      • "avatarUrl": "https://cdn-prod.imgpilot.com/avatar.png",
      • "drataTermsAgreedAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
      • "roles": [
        • "ROLE",
        • "ANOTHER_ROLE"
        ],
      • "backgroundChecks": [
        • {
          • "id": 0,
          • "userId": 0,
          • "status": "OK",
          • "caseId": "abc123",
          • "caseInvitationId": "abc123",
          • "url": "https://app-stage.karmacheck.com/background_check/aaaaaaaa-bbbb-0000-cccc-dddddddddddd",
          • "manualCheckDate": "2020-07-06",
          • "manuallyCheckUrl": "url.com",
          • "type": "CERTN",
          • "source": "DRATA",
          • "reportData": "string",
          • "outOfScopeReason": "abc123",
          • "outOfScopeAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
          • "invitationEmail": "[email protected]",
          • "linkedAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
          • "createdAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
          • "updatedAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z"
          }
        ],
      • "documents": [],
      • "identities": [
        • {
          • "id": 1,
          • "identityId": "1a2b3c",
          • "username": "johndoe",
          • "connectedAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
          • "disconnectedAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
          • "hasMfa": true,
          • "userId": 1,
          • "connectionId": 1,
          • "connection": {
            • "id": "1",
            • "clientType": "GOOGLE",
            • "clientId": "drata.com",
            • "clientAlias": "My-connection-alias-1",
            • "state": "ACTIVE",
            • "createdAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
            • "updatedAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
            • "connectedAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
            • "failedAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
            • "deletedAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z"
            },
          • "email": "[email protected]",
          • "secondaryEmail": "[email protected]",
          • "firstName": "John",
          • "lastName": "Doe",
          • "startedAt": "Thu Aug 14 2025",
          • "separatedAt": "Thu Aug 14 2025",
          • "isContractor": true,
          • "jobTitle": "Engineer",
          • "managerId": "x00jk12-2312",
          • "managerName": "Jose Díaz",
          • "createdAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z",
          • "updatedAt": "2025-07-01T16:45:55.246Z"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
  • "pagination": {
    • "cursor": "string"
    }
}