Update a Custom MongoDB Role¶

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Syntax
Example Request
- Request
- Response

Note

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.

Base URL: 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.

Syntax¶

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PATCH /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¶

Important

Only the properties specified in the request body are updated. For example, if you do not specify the actions array, the custom role retains the actions it had before the request was made.

You cannot update a role’s roleName. To rename a role, you must delete it and recreate the role with the desired the name.

Name	Type	Description
`actions`	array	Each object in the `actions` array represents an individual privilege action granted by the role.
`actions.action`	string	Name of the privilege action. For a complete list of actions available in the Atlas API, see Custom Role Actions.
`actions.resources`	array	Contains information on where the action is granted. Each object in the array either indicates a database and collection on which the action is granted, or indicates that the action is granted on the cluster resource.
`actions.resources.collection`	string	Collection on which the action is granted. If this value is an empty string, the action is granted on all collections within the database specified in the `actions.resources.db` field. Note This field is mutually exclusive with the `actions.resources.cluster` field.
`actions.resources.db`	string	Database on which the action is granted. Note This field is mutually exclusive with the `actions.resources.cluster` field.
`actions.resources.cluster`	boolean	Set to `true` to indicate that the action is granted on the cluster resource. Note This field is mutually exclusive with the `actions.resources.collection` and `actions.resources.db` fields.
`inheritedRoles`	array	Each object in the `inheritedRoles` array represents a key-value pair indicating the inherited role and the database on which the role is granted.
`inheritedRoles.db`	string	Database on which the inherited role is granted. Note This value should be `admin` for all roles except read and readWrite.
`inheritedRoles.role`	string	Name of the inherited role. This can either be another custom role or a built-in role.

Response Elements¶

This endpoint does not have response elements.

Example Request¶

Request¶

Important

You must modify the following code block with the appropriate credentials and project ID.

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curl --user '{USERNAME}:{APIKEY}' --digest \
 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 --include \
 --request PATCH "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{GROUP-ID}/customDBRoles/roles/ShardingAdmin" --data '
 {
   "actions" : [ {
     "action" : "COLL_MOD",
     "resources" : [ {
       "collection" : "",
       "db" : "staging"
     } ]
   }, {
     "action" : "COLL_STATS",
     "resources" : [ {
       "collection" : "",
       "db" : "staging"
     } ]
   } ],
   "inheritedRoles" : [ {
     "db" : "admin",
     "role" : "enableSharding"
   }, {
     "db" : "admin",
     "role" : "backup"
   } ]
}'

Response¶

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Type: application/json
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=300
Date: {dateInUnixFormat}
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: {requestLengthInBytes}

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{
  "actions" : [ {
    "action" : "COLL_MOD",
    "resources" : [ {
      "collection" : "",
      "db" : "staging"
    } ]
  }, {
    "action" : "COLL_STATS",
    "resources" : [ {
      "collection" : "",
      "db" : "staging"
    } ]
  } ],
  "inheritedRoles" : [ {
    "db" : "admin",
    "role" : "enableSharding"
  }, {
    "db" : "admin",
    "role" : "backup"
  } ],
  "roleName" : "ShardingAdmin"
}

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