Access requests4

Agents2

AI Studio usage API2

Allocations5

Attachments4

Audit log API1

Batch API1

Budgets5

Custom field settings4

Custom fields8

Custom types2

Events1

Exports2

Goal relationships5

Goals12

Jobs1

Memberships5

Ooo entries5

Organization exports2

Portfolio memberships3

Portfolios13

Project briefs4

Project memberships2

Project portfolio settings4

Project statuses4

Project templates5

Projects21

Rates5

Reactions1

Roles5

Rules1

Sections7

Status updates4

Stories7

Tags8

Task templates4

Tasks28

Team memberships4

Teams7

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Time tracking categories6

Time tracking entries6

Timesheet approval statuses4

Typeahead1

User task lists2

Users8

Webhooks5

Workspace memberships3

Workspaces6

Roles

Create a role

Changed on Sep 11, 2026

<b>Required scope: </b><code>roles:write</code>

Creates a new RBAC role in the workspace.

post/roles

Request

Base URL: https://app.asana.com/api/1.0
URL: https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/roles
Auth: one of:
- HTTP bearer
- OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL https://app.asana.com/-/oauth_authorize, token URL https://app.asana.com/-/oauth_token, scopes: roles:write)

Query parameters

opt_fieldsstring[]

This endpoint returns a resource which excludes some properties by default. To include those optional properties, set this query parameter to a comma-separated list of the properties you wish to include. Properties can include nested fields. To learn more, see the input/output options guide.

Request body

Example request

{
  "data": {
    "gid": "12345",
    "resource_type": "role",
    "name": "Developer",
    "description": "This role has exclusive access to create app and PAT tokens.",
    "creation_time": "2012-02-22T02:06:58.147Z",
    "modified_at": "2012-02-22T02:06:58.147Z",
    "permissions": {
      "create_app_authorization": true,
      "create_pat_authorization": true,
      "share_goal_with_domain": true,
      "share_portfolios_with_org": true,
      "assign_roles": true,
      "manage_roles": true,
      "export_project_data": true,
      "task_deletion_policy": "all",
      "download_mobile_attachments": true,
      "import_data": true,
      "create_global_custom_fields": true,
      "upload_attachments": true,
      "create_team": true,
      "allowed_guest_invites": "all",
      "create_and_edit_ai_automations": true,
      "proactive_ai": true,
      "standard_ai": true,
      "create_and_edit_ai_teammates": true,
      "share_teams_with_org": true,
      "create_goal": true,
      "create_project": true,
      "create_read_only_link": true,
      "create_portfolio": true,
      "view_public_teams": true,
      "view_shared_with_org_projects": true,
      "view_shared_with_org_tasks": true,
      "view_shared_with_org_portfolios": true
    },
    "workspace": "12345"
  }
}

Response

Successfully created a new role.

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "gid": "12345",
    "resource_type": "role",
    "name": "Developer",
    "description": "This role has exclusive access to create app and PAT tokens.",
    "creation_time": "2012-02-22T02:06:58.147Z",
    "modified_at": "2012-02-22T02:06:58.147Z",
    "permissions": {
      "create_app_authorization": true,
      "create_pat_authorization": true,
      "share_goal_with_domain": true,
      "share_portfolios_with_org": true,
      "assign_roles": true,
      "manage_roles": true,
      "export_project_data": true,
      "task_deletion_policy": "all",
      "download_mobile_attachments": true,
      "import_data": true,
      "create_global_custom_fields": true,
      "upload_attachments": true,
      "create_team": true,
      "allowed_guest_invites": "all",
      "create_and_edit_ai_automations": true,
      "proactive_ai": true,
      "standard_ai": true,
      "create_and_edit_ai_teammates": true,
      "share_teams_with_org": true,
      "create_goal": true,
      "create_project": true,
      "create_read_only_link": true,
      "create_portfolio": true,
      "view_public_teams": true,
      "view_shared_with_org_projects": true,
      "view_shared_with_org_tasks": true,
      "view_shared_with_org_portfolios": true
    },
    "workspace": {
      "gid": "12345",
      "resource_type": "workspace",
      "name": "My Company Workspace"
    }
  }
}

Changes

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  added the enum value permissions.create_read_only_link to the property items/ of the query request parameter opt_fields
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  added the enum value permissions.view_shared_with_org_projects to the property items/ of the query request parameter opt_fields
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