Datadog Roles API
The Roles API is used to create and manage Datadog roles, what[global permissions](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/rbac/)they grant, and which users belong to them.Permissions related to specific account assets can be granted to rolesin the Datadog application without using this API. For example, grantingread access on a specific log index to a role can be done in Datadog from the[Pipelines page](https://app.datadoghq.com/logs/pipelines).
Datadog Roles API is one of 290 APIs that Datadog publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 4 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Roles. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, an API reference, and 4 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 15 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.
Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://{subdomain}.{site}, {protocol}://{name}, https://{subdomain}.{site}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 4
Datadog Roles API declares
4 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (AuthZ) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 68 scopes.
An API key is passed in the header as DD-API-KEY (apiKeyAuth).
An API key is passed in the header as DD-APPLICATION-KEY (appKeyAuth).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
AuthZ— This API uses OAuth 2 with the implicit grant flow.apiKeyAuth— Your Datadog API Key.appKeyAuth— Your Datadog APP Key.
Paths & Operations 3
Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The Roles API is used to create and manage Datadog roles, what [global permissions](https://docs.datadoghq.com/accountmanagement/rbac/) they grant, and which users belong to them.…
Schemas 15
The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are RoleAttributes (4 properties), Role (4 properties), RestrictionQueryRole (3 properties), RolesResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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