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Version: 24.3.x

User Privileges Enterprise

Use the User API to retrieve privilege information for Dremio users.

User Privileges Object
{
"data": [
{
"name": "\"@dremio\".\"1c0accd3-e8c0-1d55-23a2-0ff6529f6c00\"",
"type": "PDS",
"privilege": "ALTER"
},
{
"name": "\"@dremio\".\"1c0accd3-e8c0-1d55-23a2-0ff6529f6c00\"",
"type": "PDS",
"privilege": "SELECT"
},
{
"name": "\"@dremio\".Business",
"type": "FOLDER",
"privilege": "ALTER"
},
{
"name": "\"@dremio\".Business",
"type": "FOLDER",
"privilege": "SELECT"
},
{
"name": "Samples",
"type": "SOURCE",
"privilege": "SELECT"
},
{
"name": "Samples",
"type": "SOURCE",
"privilege": "INSERT"
},
{
"name": "Samples",
"type": "SOURCE",
"privilege": "DROP"
},
{
"name": "Samples",
"type": "SOURCE",
"privilege": "CREATE_TABLE"
},
{
"name": "Samples",
"type": "SOURCE",
"privilege": "ALTER"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\"",
"type": "SPACE",
"privilege": "SELECT"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\"",
"type": "SPACE",
"privilege": "MANAGE_GRANTS"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\"",
"type": "SPACE",
"privilege": "MODIFY"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\"",
"type": "SPACE",
"privilege": "ALTER_REFLECTION"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\"",
"type": "SPACE",
"privilege": "VIEW_REFLECTION"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\"",
"type": "SPACE",
"privilege": "ALTER"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\".\"NYC-taxi-trips\"",
"type": "VDS",
"privilege": "SELECT"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\".\"NYC-taxi-trips\"",
"type": "VDS",
"privilege": "MANAGE_GRANTS"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\".\"NYC-taxi-trips\"",
"type": "VDS",
"privilege": "ALTER"
},
{
"name": "taxi",
"type": "SCRIPT",
"privilege": "MANAGE_GRANTS"
},
{
"name": "taxi",
"type": "SCRIPT",
"privilege": "DELETE"
},
{
"name": "taxi",
"type": "SCRIPT",
"privilege": "MODIFY"
},
{
"name": "taxi",
"type": "SCRIPT",
"privilege": "VIEW"
}
]
}

User Privileges Attributes

data Array of Object

Information about the privileges the specified user has for the catalog objects in the current organization, up to a maximum of 100 privileges. Each object in the data array describes a privilege on a specific catalog object.

Attributes of the data Object

name String (UUID)

Name of the object to which the privilege applies. The name includes the entity's parent space or folder, if any.

Example: "@dremio"."1c0accd3-e8c0-1d55-23a2-0ff6529f6c00"


type String

Type of the object to which the privilege applies.

Enum: SPACE, SOURCE, HOME, FOLDER, PDS, VDS, FUNCTION

Example: PDS


privilege String

Name of the privilege that the user has for the object. Available privileges vary for different object types.

Example: ALTER

Retrieving User Privileges

Retrieve the specified user's privileges.

Method and URL
GET /api/v3/user/{id}/privilege

Parameters

id Path   String

Unique identifier of the user whose privileges you want to retrieve.

Example: b9dbebc7-bc3b-4d56-9154-31762ab65a43

Example Request
curl -X GET 'https://{hostname}/api/v3/user/b9dbebc7-bc3b-4d56-9154-31762ab65a43/privilege' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <PersonalAccessToken>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
Example Response
{
"data": [
{
"name": "\"@dremio\".\"1c0accd3-e8c0-1d55-23a2-0ff6529f6c00\"",
"type": "PDS",
"privilege": "ALTER"
},
{
"name": "\"@dremio\".\"1c0accd3-e8c0-1d55-23a2-0ff6529f6c00\"",
"type": "PDS",
"privilege": "SELECT"
},
{
"name": "\"@dremio\".Business",
"type": "FOLDER",
"privilege": "ALTER"
},
{
"name": "\"@dremio\".Business",
"type": "FOLDER",
"privilege": "SELECT"
},
{
"name": "Samples",
"type": "SOURCE",
"privilege": "SELECT"
},
{
"name": "Samples",
"type": "SOURCE",
"privilege": "INSERT"
},
{
"name": "Samples",
"type": "SOURCE",
"privilege": "DROP"
},
{
"name": "Samples",
"type": "SOURCE",
"privilege": "CREATE_TABLE"
},
{
"name": "Samples",
"type": "SOURCE",
"privilege": "ALTER"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\"",
"type": "SPACE",
"privilege": "SELECT"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\"",
"type": "SPACE",
"privilege": "MANAGE_GRANTS"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\"",
"type": "SPACE",
"privilege": "MODIFY"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\"",
"type": "SPACE",
"privilege": "ALTER_REFLECTION"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\"",
"type": "SPACE",
"privilege": "VIEW_REFLECTION"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\"",
"type": "SPACE",
"privilege": "ALTER"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\".\"NYC-taxi-trips\"",
"type": "VDS",
"privilege": "SELECT"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\".\"NYC-taxi-trips\"",
"type": "VDS",
"privilege": "MANAGE_GRANTS"
},
{
"name": "\"testing\".\"NYC-taxi-trips\"",
"type": "VDS",
"privilege": "ALTER"
},
{
"name": "taxi",
"type": "SCRIPT",
"privilege": "MANAGE_GRANTS"
},
{
"name": "taxi",
"type": "SCRIPT",
"privilege": "DELETE"
},
{
"name": "taxi",
"type": "SCRIPT",
"privilege": "MODIFY"
},
{
"name": "taxi",
"type": "SCRIPT",
"privilege": "VIEW"
}
]
}

Response Status Codes

200   OK

401   Unauthorized

404   Not Found

405   Method Not Allowed