> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs-staging-quickstart-revamp.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. > Learn how to assign permissions to a user using the Auth0 Dashboard or the Management API. # Assign Permissions to Users You can assign [permissions](/docs/manage-users/access-control/rbac) to a user using the Auth0 Dashboard or the Management API. The assigned permissions can be used with the API Authorization Core feature set. Adding permissions directly to a user circumvents the benefits of role-based access control (RBAC) and is not typically recommended. ## Prerequisites * For role-based access control (RBAC) to work properly, you must enable it for your API using either the Dashboard or the Management API. The Authorization Core functionality is different from the Authorization Extension. For a comparison, read [Authorization Core vs. Authorization Extension](/docs/manage-users/access-control/authorization-core-vs-authorization-extension). * [Set up an API](/docs/get-started/auth0-overview/set-up-apis) in the Dashboard. * Permissions are selected from pre-defined values. If your list of roles is blank, make sure you [add permissions](/docs/get-started/apis/add-api-permissions) for your API. ## Dashboard There are two ways to assign a permission to a user. You can choose a user from the **Users** list and then assign a permission or you can go to the **User Details** (user profile) page for an individual user and choose a permission to assign in the **Permissions** tab. ### Assign permission in user list 1. Go to [Dashboard > User Management > Users](https://manage.auth0.com/#/users). 2. Click `...` next to the user you want to modify, and select **Assign Permissions**. 3. Select the API from which you want to assign permissions, then select the permissions to assign to the user, and click **Add Permissions**. ### Assign permissions in user profile You can also assign permissions to users from their individual profile page. 1. Go to [Dashboard > User Management > Users](https://manage.auth0.com/#/users), and click the name of the user to view. 2. Click the **Permissions** tab, and click **Assign Permissions**. 3. Select the API from which you want to assign permissions, then select the permissions to assign to the user, and click **Add Permissions**. ## Management API Make a `POST` call to the [Assign User Permissions endpoint](https://auth0.com/docs/api/management/v2#!/Users/post_permissions). Be sure to replace `USER_ID`, `MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN`, `API_IDENTIFIER`, and `PERMISSION_NAME` placeholder values with your user ID, Management API access token, API identifier(s), and permission name(s), respectively. ```bash cURL lines curl --request POST \ --url 'https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions' \ --header 'authorization: Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN' \ --header 'cache-control: no-cache' \ --header 'content-type: application/json' \ --data '{ "permissions": [ { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" }, { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" } ] }' ``` ```csharp C# lines var client = new RestClient("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions"); var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST); request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json"); request.AddHeader("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN"); request.AddHeader("cache-control", "no-cache"); request.AddParameter("application/json", "{ \"permissions\": [ { \"resource_server_identifier\": \"API_IDENTIFIER\", \"permission_name\": \"PERMISSION_NAME\" }, { \"resource_server_identifier\": \"API_IDENTIFIER\", \"permission_name\": \"PERMISSION_NAME\" } ] }", ParameterType.RequestBody); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request); ``` ```go Go lines expandable package main import ( "fmt" "strings" "net/http" "io/ioutil" ) func main() { url := "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions" payload := strings.NewReader("{ \"permissions\": [ { \"resource_server_identifier\": \"API_IDENTIFIER\", \"permission_name\": \"PERMISSION_NAME\" }, { \"resource_server_identifier\": \"API_IDENTIFIER\", \"permission_name\": \"PERMISSION_NAME\" } ] }") req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload) req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json") req.Header.Add("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN") req.Header.Add("cache-control", "no-cache") res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) defer res.Body.Close() body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body) fmt.Println(res) fmt.Println(string(body)) } ``` ```java Java lines HttpResponse response = Unirest.post("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions") .header("content-type", "application/json") .header("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN") .header("cache-control", "no-cache") .body("{ \"permissions\": [ { \"resource_server_identifier\": \"API_IDENTIFIER\", \"permission_name\": \"PERMISSION_NAME\" }, { \"resource_server_identifier\": \"API_IDENTIFIER\", \"permission_name\": \"PERMISSION_NAME\" } ] }") .asString(); ``` ```javascript Node.JS lines expandable var axios = require("axios").default; var options = { method: 'POST', url: 'https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions', headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json', authorization: 'Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'cache-control': 'no-cache' }, data: { permissions: [ { resource_server_identifier: 'API_IDENTIFIER', permission_name: 'PERMISSION_NAME' }, { resource_server_identifier: 'API_IDENTIFIER', permission_name: 'PERMISSION_NAME' } ] } }; axios.request(options).then(function (response) { console.log(response.data); }).catch(function (error) { console.error(error); }); ``` ```obj-c Obj-C lines expandable #import NSDictionary *headers = @{ @"content-type": @"application/json", @"authorization": @"Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN", @"cache-control": @"no-cache" }; NSDictionary *parameters = @{ @"permissions": @[ @{ @"resource_server_identifier": @"API_IDENTIFIER", @"permission_name": @"PERMISSION_NAME" }, @{ @"resource_server_identifier": @"API_IDENTIFIER", @"permission_name": @"PERMISSION_NAME" } ] }; NSData *postData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:parameters options:0 error:nil]; NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions"] cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy timeoutInterval:10.0]; [request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"]; [request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers]; [request setHTTPBody:postData]; NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession]; NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) { if (error) { NSLog(@"%@", error); } else { NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response; NSLog(@"%@", httpResponse); } }]; [dataTask resume]; ``` ```php PHP lines expandable $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($curl, [ CURLOPT_URL => "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => "", CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST", CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{ \"permissions\": [ { \"resource_server_identifier\": \"API_IDENTIFIER\", \"permission_name\": \"PERMISSION_NAME\" }, { \"resource_server_identifier\": \"API_IDENTIFIER\", \"permission_name\": \"PERMISSION_NAME\" } ] }", CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [ "authorization: Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN", "cache-control: no-cache", "content-type: application/json" ], ]); $response = curl_exec($curl); $err = curl_error($curl); curl_close($curl); if ($err) { echo "cURL Error #:" . $err; } else { echo $response; } ``` ```python Python lines import http.client conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("") payload = "{ \"permissions\": [ { \"resource_server_identifier\": \"API_IDENTIFIER\", \"permission_name\": \"PERMISSION_NAME\" }, { \"resource_server_identifier\": \"API_IDENTIFIER\", \"permission_name\": \"PERMISSION_NAME\" } ] }" headers = { 'content-type': "application/json", 'authorization': "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN", 'cache-control': "no-cache" } conn.request("POST", "/{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions", payload, headers) res = conn.getresponse() data = res.read() print(data.decode("utf-8")) ``` ```ruby Ruby lines require 'uri' require 'net/http' require 'openssl' url = URI("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) http.use_ssl = true http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["content-type"] = 'application/json' request["authorization"] = 'Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN' request["cache-control"] = 'no-cache' request.body = "{ \"permissions\": [ { \"resource_server_identifier\": \"API_IDENTIFIER\", \"permission_name\": \"PERMISSION_NAME\" }, { \"resource_server_identifier\": \"API_IDENTIFIER\", \"permission_name\": \"PERMISSION_NAME\" } ] }" response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ```swift Swift lines expandable import Foundation let headers = [ "content-type": "application/json", "authorization": "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN", "cache-control": "no-cache" ] let parameters = ["permissions": [ [ "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" ], [ "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" ] ]] as [String : Any] let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: []) let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions")! as URL, cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy, timeoutInterval: 10.0) request.httpMethod = "POST" request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers request.httpBody = postData as Data let session = URLSession.shared let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in if (error != nil) { print(error) } else { let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse print(httpResponse) } }) dataTask.resume() ``` | Value | Description | | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `USER_ID` | Τhe ID of the user for whom you want to assign permissions. | | `MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN` | [Access Token for the Management API](https://auth0.com/docs/api/management/v2/tokens) with the scope `update:users`. | | `API_IDENTIFIER` | Identifier(s) of the API(s) associated with the permission(s) you would like to assign for the specified user. | | `PERMISSION_NAME` | Name(s) of the permission(s) you would like to assign for the specified user. | ## Learn more * [Remove Permissions from Users](/docs/manage-users/access-control/configure-core-rbac/rbac-users/remove-permissions-from-users) * [View User Permissions](/docs/manage-users/access-control/configure-core-rbac/rbac-users/view-user-permissions)