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Permissions

Permissions are assigned to Roles, and control data access throughout the platform. Learn more about Permissions.

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The Permission Object

id uuid
Primary key of the permission rule.

role many-to-one
Role this permission applies to. Many-to-one to roles. null is used for public permissions.

collection string
Collection this permission rule applies to.

action string
What CRUD operation this permission rule applies to. One of create, read, update, delete.

permissions object
What rules the item must pass before the role is allowed to alter it. Follows the Filter Rules spec.

validation object
What rules the provided values must pass before the role is allowed to submit them for insertion/update. Follows the Filter Rules spec.

preset object
Additional default values for the role.

fields array
What fields the user is allowed to alter.

limit integer
How many items the user is able to alter at once in batch operations.

{
	"id": 34,
	"role": "c86c2761-65d3-43c3-897f-6f74ad6a5bd7",
	"collection": "pages",
	"action": "create",
	"permissions": null,
	"validation": {
		"title": {
			"_contains": "Directus"
		}
	},
	"presets": {
		"published": false
	},
	"fields": ["title", "translations"],
	"limit": null
}

List Permissions

List all permissions that exist in Directus.

::: tip Permissions

The data returned in this endpoint will be filtered based on the user's permissions. For example, permissions for a role other than the current user's role won't be returned.

:::

Query Parameters

Supports all global query parameters.

Returns

An array of up to limit permission objects. If no items are available, data will be an empty array.

GET /permissions
// Response

{
	"data": [
		{
			"id": 34,
			"role": "c86c2761-65d3-43c3-897f-6f74ad6a5bd7",
			"collection": "pages",
			"action": "create",
			"permissions": null,
			"validation": {
				"title": {
					"_contains": "Directus"
				}
			},
			"presets": {
				"published": false
			},
			"fields": ["title", "translations"],
			"limit": null
		},
		{...},
		{...}
	]
}

Retrieve a Permission

List an existing permission by primary key.

Query Parameters

Supports all global query parameters.

Returns

Returns the requested permission object.

GET /permissions/:id
// Response

{
	"data": {
		"id": 34,
		"role": "c86c2761-65d3-43c3-897f-6f74ad6a5bd7",
		"collection": "pages",
		"action": "create",
		"permissions": null,
		"validation": {
			"title": {
				"_contains": "Directus"
			}
		},
		"presets": {
			"published": false
		},
		"fields": ["title", "translations"],
		"limit": null
	}
}

Create Permissions

Create one or more new permission rule(s)

Query Parameters

Supports all global query parameters.

Request Body

A partial permissions object or an array of partial permissions objects. action and collection are required.

Returns

Returns the permission object for the created permission.

POST /permissions
// Request

{
	"collection": "pages",
	"action": "read",
	"role": "c86c2761-65d3-43c3-897f-6f74ad6a5bd7",
	"fields": ["id", "title"]
}
// Response

{
	"data": {
		"id": 36,
		"role": "c86c2761-65d3-43c3-897f-6f74ad6a5bd7",
		"collection": "pages",
		"action": "read",
		"permissions": null,
		"validation": null,
		"presets": null,
		"fields": ["id", "title"],
		"limit": null
	}
}

Update Permissions

Update an existing permissions rule.

Query Parameters

Supports all global query parameters.

Request Body

A partial permissions object.

Returns

Returns the permission object for the created permission.

PATCH /permissions/:id
// Request

{
	"fields": ["id", "title", "body"]
}
// Response

{
	"data": {
		"id": 36,
		"role": "c86c2761-65d3-43c3-897f-6f74ad6a5bd7",
		"collection": "pages",
		"action": "read",
		"permissions": null,
		"validation": null,
		"presets": null,
		"fields": ["id", "title", "body"],
		"limit": null
	}
}

Delete Permissions

Delete an existing permissions rule

Returns

Empty body.

DELETE /permissions/:id
// Empty Response

Delete Multiple Permissions

Delete multiple existing permissions rules

Request Body

An array of permission primary keys

Returns

Empty body.

DELETE /permissions
// Request
[15, 251, 810]
// Empty Response