Method: organizations.roles.patch

Updates the definition of a custom Role.

HTTP request

PATCH https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/{name=organizations/*/roles/*}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
name

string

The name parameter's value depends on the target resource for the request, namely projects or organizations. Each resource type's name value format is described below:

  • projects.roles.patch: projects/{PROJECT_ID}/roles/{CUSTOM_ROLE_ID}. This method updates only custom roles that have been created at the project level. Example request URL: https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/projects/{PROJECT_ID}/roles/{CUSTOM_ROLE_ID}

  • organizations.roles.patch: organizations/{ORGANIZATION_ID}/roles/{CUSTOM_ROLE_ID}. This method updates only custom roles that have been created at the organization level. Example request URL: https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/organizations/{ORGANIZATION_ID}/roles/{CUSTOM_ROLE_ID}

Note: Wildcard (*) values are invalid; you must specify a complete project ID or organization ID.

Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource name:

  • iam.roles.update

Query parameters

Parameters
updateMask

string (FieldMask format)

A mask describing which fields in the Role have changed.

This is a comma-separated list of fully qualified names of fields. Example: "user.displayName,photo".

Request body

The request body contains an instance of Role.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of Role.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/iam
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.