- URL:
- https://<root>/security/roles/update
- Methods:
- POST
- Required Capability:
- Access allowed with either the "Update", "Delete", "Security and Infrastructure", or "Servers" privileges
- Version Introduced:
- 10.1
Description
The update operation updates a role in the role store with new information. This operation is available only when the role store is a read-write store, such as the default ArcGIS Server store.
Request parameters
| Parameter | Description | 
|---|---|
| 
 (Required) | The name of the role. The name must be unique in the role store. Example  | 
| 
 (Optional) | Adds comments or a description for the role. Example  | 
| 
 | The response format. The default response format is  Values:  | 
Example usage
The following is a sample POST request for the update operation:
POST /webadaptor/admin/security/roles/update HTTP/1.1
Host: machine.domain.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []
rolename=editors&description=Group of users that can edit maps&f=pjsonJSON Response example
{"status": "success"}