Get a role
Settings module
GET/roles/{id}roles.get
A role: a platform role or an org custom role built from the capability set. Returns one role with its `ETag`. A role the caller may not see returns 404.
- Requires the capability org.members.read.
- OAuth scopes: org.
- Error statuses: 400, 401, 404, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.
Path and query parameters
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the role. |
| fields | Fields | No | Sparse fieldset: a comma-separated list of top-level fields to return. `id` is always returned.Constraints: pattern ^[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*(,[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)*$ |
Response 200: Role
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the role. |
| org_id | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller. |
| created_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was created. |
| created_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it. |
| updated_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was last updated. |
| updated_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it. |
| name | string | null | Yes | Role name.Constraints: length 1 to 300 |
| description | string | null | Yes | What the role is for.Constraints: length 1 to 20000 |
| code | string | Yes | Role code. System role labels come from the i18n catalogs keyed by it; custom role codes never reuse a system code.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$ |
| band | integer | Yes | Band in Section 8 order, 1 Owner to 7 Viewer. Custom roles take 2 to 7, and a person assigns only roles at or below their own band.Constraints: range 1 to any |
{
"id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"org_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"created_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"created_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"updated_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"updated_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"name": "Finance Approver",
"description": "Approves purchase orders up to the spend limit.",
"code": "site_lead",
"band": 4
}Code samples
curl -X GET "$XOS_BASE_URL/roles/0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY"const { data, etag } = await xos.roles.get("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f");response = xos.roles.get("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f")xos roles get 0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f