---
title: "List roles"
method: GET
path: "/v0.1/merchants/{merchant_code}/roles"
tags: ["Roles"]
---

# List roles

`GET /v0.1/merchants/{merchant_code}/roles`

List merchant's custom roles.

## Path parameters

- `merchant_code` string, required

## Response `200`

Returns a list of Role objects.

- object
  - `items` Role[], required
    - `id` string, required — Unique identifier of the role.
    - `name` string, required — User-defined name of the role.
    - `description` string — User-defined description of the role.
    - `permissions` string[], required — List of permission granted by this role.
    - `is_predefined` boolean, required — True if the role is provided by SumUp.
    - `metadata` Metadata — Set of user-defined key-value pairs attached to the object. Partial updates are not supported. When updating, always submit whole metadata. Maximum of 64 parameters are allowed in the object.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — The timestamp of when the role was created.
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — The timestamp of when the role was last updated.

## Other responses

- `404` — Merchant not found.

## Changes

- **2026-07-10** `c75ca16e1e44` — 2 info
  - the security scope `roles.read` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `oauth2`
  - the security scope `user.subaccounts` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `oauth2`
- **2026-03-11** `cd79d83b07e0` — 1 info
  - media type `application/json` was changed to a more specific media type `application/problem+json` for the response status `404`
- **2025-12-11** `b8fb7c9463b8` — 1 info
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `404`
- **2025-03-26** `80a17713e7a8` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/sumup/apis/sumup-rest-api/changes/v0.1/merchants/:merchant_code/roles/get.md)

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