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Get a role

GET/portal/v1/accounts/{accountSlug}/applications/{appSlug}/environments/{envSlug}/roles/{id}

Returns a single role by id, scoped to the active Application and current Environment. Returns 404 when no role with that id exists in the Environment. Requires the rbac.view_roles permission.

Authentication

Bearer TokenAuthorization

JWT access token. Never send alongside X-API-Key: a request carrying both is refused.

Requires capability env_roles.viewDeveloper Console

View roles and the permissions they grant. Granted through an administrator role in the Admin Workspace; a valid token without it is refused with 403.

Path Parameters

accountSlugstring Required

The Account's slug. An unknown one answers 404.

appSlugstring Required

The Application's slug within the Account.

envSlugstring Required

The Environment's slug within the Application.

idstring Required

Responses

application/json

  • dataRoleResponseDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

Errors

When the request can't be completed, the response body includes a stable error code you can branch on, and a correlation_id (also sent as the X-Correlation-Id header). Quote the correlation id when you contact support: it identifies the exact request in Canopy's logs.

403account.capability_requiredForbidden
When it happens

The signed-in user's administrator roles do not grant the capability this endpoint requires.

Remediation

Ask an account administrator to grant a role carrying the capability named in the Authentication section, then retry.

Returned object

RoleResponseDtoView all properties on this resource
Request
curl -X GET "https://auth.canopy-io.com/portal/v1/accounts/value/applications/value/environments/value/roles/value" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANOPY_TOKEN"
Response
{
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "scope": "environment",
    "organization_node_id": "string",
    "organization_name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "is_system_role": false,
    "system_key": "string",
    "is_active": false,
    "created_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
    "version": 0,
    "permission_count": 0,
    "member_count": 0,
    "administers": false
  }
}
 Related endpoints
GETList roles
POSTCreate a custom role
PATCHUpdate a role
DELETEDelete a role
GETGet permissions for a role
PUTReplace permissions on a role
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