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PUT
/
roles
/
{role}
Update
curl --request PUT \
  --url https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/roles/{role} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "",
  "description": "",
  "metadata": {
    "email": "admin@yourcompany.com"
  },
  "unset": [],
  "settings": []
}
'
import requests

url = "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/roles/{role}"

payload = {
"name": "",
"description": "",
"metadata": { "email": "admin@yourcompany.com" },
"unset": [],
"settings": []
}
headers = {
"apikey": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.put(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'PUT',
headers: {apikey: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: '',
description: '',
metadata: {email: 'admin@yourcompany.com'},
unset: [],
settings: []
})
};

fetch('https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/roles/{role}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/roles/{role}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '',
'description' => '',
'metadata' => [
'email' => 'admin@yourcompany.com'
],
'unset' => [

],
'settings' => [

]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"apikey: <api-key>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/roles/{role}"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"description\": \"\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"email\": \"admin@yourcompany.com\"\n },\n \"unset\": [],\n \"settings\": []\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("apikey", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/roles/{role}")
.header("apikey", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"description\": \"\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"email\": \"admin@yourcompany.com\"\n },\n \"unset\": [],\n \"settings\": []\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/roles/{role}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["apikey"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"description\": \"\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"email\": \"admin@yourcompany.com\"\n },\n \"unset\": [],\n \"settings\": []\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "role": "manager",
    "name": "manager",
    "description": "This role gives an update access",
    "metadata": {
      "email": "managers@gmail.com"
    },
    "settings": {
      "listUsers": "all",
      "sendMessagesTo": "friendsOnly"
    },
    "createdAt": 1638343994
  }
}
For the complete error reference, see Error Guide.

Authorizations

apikey
string
header
required

API Key with fullAccess scope(i.e. Rest API Key from the Dashboard).

Path Parameters

role
string
required

A role to update.

Body

application/json
name
string
default:""

Friendly name of the role.

description
string
default:""

Description of the role.

metadata
object

Additional information about the role.

unset
enum<string>[]

The unsettable role attributes are settings, description and metadata.

Group attributes that can be unset.

Available options:
settings,
description,
metadata
settings
object

Role settings that is used for restricting list users/send message. Possible values for listUsers & sendMessagesTo are all and friendsOnly

Response

200 - application/json

Updated Role

data
object