---
title: "List roles"
method: GET
path: "/api/v2/roles"
tags: ["Roles"]
---

# List roles

`GET /api/v2/roles`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com`
- URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/roles`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `DD-API-KEY` and API key in header `DD-APPLICATION-KEY`
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `/oauth2/v1/authorize`
    - Token URL: `/oauth2/v1/token` scopes: `user_access_read`

Returns all roles, including their names and their unique identifiers.

## Query parameters

- `page[size]` integer
- `page[number]` integer
- `sort` 'name' | '-name' | 'modified_at' | '-modified_at' | 'user_count' | '-user_count': Sorting options for roles.
- `filter` string
- `filter[id]` string

## Response `200`

OK

- RolesResponse: Response containing information about multiple roles.
  - `data` Role[]: Array of returned roles.
    - `attributes` RoleAttributes: Attributes of the role.
      - `created_at` string, date-time: Creation time of the role.
      - `modified_at` string, date-time: Time of last role modification.
      - `name` string: The name of the role. The name is neither unique nor a stable identifier of the role.
      - `receives_permissions_from` string[]: The managed role from which this role automatically inherits new permissions. Specify one of the following: "Datadog Admin Role", "Datadog Standard Role", or "Datadog Read Only Role". If empty or not specified, the role does not automatically inherit permissions from any managed role.
      - `user_count` integer: Number of users with that role.
    - `id` string: The unique identifier of the role.
    - `relationships` RoleResponseRelationships: Relationships of the role object returned by the API.
      - `permissions` RelationshipToPermissions: Relationship to multiple permissions objects.
        - `data` RelationshipToPermissionData[]: Relationships to permission objects.
          - `id` string: ID of the permission.
          - `type` 'permissions': Permissions resource type.
    - `type` 'roles', required: Roles type.
  - `meta` ResponseMetaAttributes: Object describing meta attributes of response.
    - `page` Pagination: Pagination object.
      - `total_count` integer: Total count.
      - `total_filtered_count` integer: Total count of elements matched by the filter.

## Other responses

- `403`: Authentication error
- `429`: Too many requests

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/datadog-api-v2-collection.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/datadog-api-v2-collection/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/datadog-api-v2-collection/revisions/da68bf029e4c?raw)