---
title: "Get permission by name"
method: GET
path: "/api/permissions/{name}"
tags: ["Roles & Permissions"]
---

# Get permission by name

`GET /api/permissions/{name}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.sponsorunited.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.sponsorunited.com/api/permissions/{name}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/sponsorunited/apis/sponsorunited-api/docs/api/permissions/:name/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Retrieves a specific permission by its slug name, including display name and description

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Response `200`

A permission.

- PermissionShowResource
  - `id` integer
  - `name` string
  - `display_name` string
  - `description` string
  - `created_at` string, date-time
  - `updated_at` string, date-time

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/sponsorunited/apis/sponsorunited-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/sponsorunited/apis/sponsorunited-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/sponsorunited/apis/sponsorunited-api/revisions/cbf1ca5bff8f?raw)