Delete a Custom Role¶
Groups and projects are synonymous terms. Your {GROUP-ID}
is the
same as your project ID. For existing groups, your group/project ID
remains the same. The resource and corresponding endpoints use the
term groups
.
https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0
The Atlas API uses HTTP Digest Authentication. Provide your Atlas username as the username and Atlas API key as the password as part of the HTTP request.
This endpoint requires that the Atlas user has the Owner
role. To view the available Atlas users, click on
Users & Teams in the left-hand navigation.
For complete documentation on configuring API access for an Atlas project, see Configure Atlas API Access.
You cannot delete a custom role in the following scenarios:
- When deleting the role would leave one or more child roles with no parent roles or actions.
- When deleting the role would leave one or more database users with no roles.
Syntax¶
DELETE /api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{GROUP-ID}/customDBRoles/roles/{ROLE-NAME}
Request Path Parameters¶
Parameter | Required/Optional | Description |
---|---|---|
GROUP-ID | Required. | The unique identifier for the project. |
ROLE-NAME | Required. | The name of the role to update. |
Request Query Parameters¶
The following query parameters are optional:
Query Parameter | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
pretty | boolean | Displays response in a prettyprint format. | false |
envelope | boolean | Specifies whether or not to wrap the response in an envelope. | false |
Request Body Parameters¶
This endpoint does not use HTTP request body parameters.
Response Elements¶
This endpoint does not have response elements.
Example Request¶
Request¶
You must modify the following code block with the appropriate credentials and project ID.
curl --user '{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}' --digest \ --header 'Accept: application/json' \ --include \ --request DELETE "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{GROUP-ID}/customDBRoles/roles/ShardingAdmin?pretty=true"
Response¶
This endpoint does not return a response body.