Get a role

Demonstrates retrieving a role.

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For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• Create and manage custom roles

Code sample

C++

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C++ API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

namespace iam = ::google::cloud::iam_admin_v1;
[](std::string const& name) {
  iam::IAMClient client(iam::MakeIAMConnection());
  google::iam::admin::v1::GetRoleRequest request;
  request.set_name(name);
  auto response = client.GetRole(request);
  if (!response) throw std::move(response).status();
  std::cout << "Role successfully retrieved: " << response->DebugString()
            << "\n";
}

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C# API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System;
using Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2;
using Google.Apis.Iam.v1;
using Google.Apis.Iam.v1.Data;

public partial class CustomRoles
{
    public static Role GetRole(string name)
    {
        var credential = GoogleCredential.GetApplicationDefault()
            .CreateScoped(IamService.Scope.CloudPlatform);
        var service = new IamService(new IamService.Initializer
        {
            HttpClientInitializer = credential
        });

        var role = service.Roles.Get(name).Execute();
        Console.WriteLine(role.Name);
        Console.WriteLine(String.Join(", ", role.IncludedPermissions));
        return role;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	iam "google.golang.org/api/iam/v1"
)

// getRole gets role metadata.
func getRole(w io.Writer, name string) (*iam.Role, error) {
	ctx := context.Background()
	service, err := iam.NewService(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("iam.NewService: %w", err)
	}

	role, err := service.Roles.Get(name).Do()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Roles.Get: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Got role: %v\n", role.Name)
	for _, permission := range role.IncludedPermissions {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Got permission: %v\n", permission)
	}
	return role, nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.iam.admin.v1.IAMClient;
import com.google.iam.admin.v1.GetRoleRequest;
import com.google.iam.admin.v1.Role;
import java.io.IOException;

/** Get role metadata. Specifically, printing out role permissions. */
public class GetRole {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace the variable before running the sample.
    String roleId = "a unique identifier (e.g. testViewer)";

    getRole(roleId);
  }

  public static void getRole(String roleId) throws IOException {
    GetRoleRequest getRoleRequest = GetRoleRequest.newBuilder().setName(roleId).build();

    // Initialize client for sending requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
    try (IAMClient iamClient = IAMClient.create()) {
      Role role = iamClient.getRole(getRoleRequest);
      role.getIncludedPermissionsList().forEach(permission -> System.out.println(permission));
    }
  }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from google.api_core.exceptions import NotFound
from google.cloud.iam_admin_v1 import GetRoleRequest, IAMClient, Role


def get_role(project_id: str, role_id: str) -> Role:
    client = IAMClient()
    name = f"projects/{project_id}/roles/{role_id}"
    request = GetRoleRequest(name=name)
    try:
        role = client.get_role(request)
        print(f"Retrieved role: {role_id}: {role}")
        return role
    except NotFound:
        raise f"Role with id [{role_id}] not found, take some actions"

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