Role

Role( name, [database] )
Role( name, [database] )
Role( name, [database] )
Role( name, [database] )
role( name, [database] )
Role( name, [database] )

Description

The Role function returns a Reference for the specified user-defined role’s name in the specified child database. If a child database is not specified, the role returned belongs to the current database.

When a child database is specified, an admin key must be used to call Role (server or client keys, or ABAC tokens, cannot be used to access a child database).

Parameters

Argument Type Definition and requirements

name

String

The name of a role.

database

Reference

Optional - A reference to a child database. If not specified, the current database is used.

Returns

A reference to a user-defined role with the specified name, in the specified child database (or the current database if database is not specified).

Examples

The following query gets a reference to the user-defined role named "admin" in the current database:

client.Query(Role("admin"));
{ "@ref": "roles/admin" }
curl https://db.fauna.com/ \
    -u fnAChGwBcAACAO70ziE0cfROosNJHdgBmJU1PgpL: \
    -d '{ "role": "admin" }'
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{ "resource": { "@ref": "roles/admin" } }
result, _ := client.Query(f.Role("admin"))
fmt.Println(result)
{admin 0xc4202dd9a0 <nil>}
System.out.println(client.query(Role("admin")).get());
ref(id = "admin", collection = ref(id = "roles"))
client.query(q.Role('admin'))
.then((result) => console.log(result))
Ref(id=admin, collection=Ref(id=roles))
client.query(q.role("admin"))
{ "@ref": "roles/admin" }
client.query(Role("admin"))
{ "@ref": "roles/admin" }

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