Get a Permission

Performing a GET operation on a specific permission resource retrieves the permission properties, including the token, for the particular permission. A new resource token is created every time a GET is invoked on the permission resource. This new token has the default validity period of one hour, unless it is overridden.

Request

Method Request URI Description
GET https://{databaseaccount}.documents.azure.com/dbs/{db-id}/users/{user-name}/permissions/{permission-name} Note that the {databaseaccount} is the name of the Azure Cosmos DB account created under your subscription. The {db-id} value is the user generated name/ID of the database, not the system generated ID (rid). The {user-name} value is name of the user. The {permission-name} value is the name of the permission to be retrieved.

Headers

See Common Azure Cosmos DB REST request headers for headers that are used by all Cosmos DB requests.

Header Required Type Description
x-ms-documentdb-expiry-seconds Optional Integer The validity period of the resource token returned by the operation. By default, a resource token is valid for one hour. To override the default, set this header to the desired validity period in seconds. The max override value is 18000, which is five hours.

Body

None.

Response

Headers

See Common Azure Cosmos DB REST response headers for headers that are returned by all Cosmos DB responses.

Status codes

The following table lists common status codes returned by this operation. For a full list of status codes, see HTTP Status Codes.

HTTP status code Description
200 Ok The operation was successful.
404 Not Found The permission is no longer a resource, that is, the permission was deleted.

Body

Property Description
id It is the unique name to identify a permission, that is, no two permissions owned by a user can share the same id. The id must not exceed 255 characters
permissionMode The access mode on the resource for the user: All or Read. All provides read, write, and delete access to a resource. Read restricts the user to read access on the resource.
resource The full addressable path of the resource associated with the permission. For example, dbs/volcanodb/colls/volcano1.
_rid It is a system generated property. The resource ID (_rid) is a unique identifier that is also hierarchical per the resource stack on the resource model. It is used internally for placement and navigation of the permission resource.
_ts It is a system generated property. It specifies the last updated timestamp of the resource. The value is a timestamp.
_self It is a system generated property. It is the unique addressable URI for the resource.
_etag It is a system generated property that represents the resource etag required for optimistic concurrency control.
_token It is a system generated resource token for the particular resource and user.
{  
    "id": "a_permission",  
    "permissionMode": "Read",  
    "resource": "dbs/volcanodb/colls/volcano1",  
    "_rid": "Sl8fAG8cXgBn6Ju2GqNsAA==",  
    "_ts": 1449604760,  
    "_self": "dbs\/Sl8fAA==\/users\/Sl8fAG8cXgA=\/permissions\/Sl8fAG8cXgBn6Ju2GqNsAA==\/",  
    "_etag": "\"00000e00-0000-0000-0000-566736980000\"",  
    "_token": "type=resource&ver=1&sig=ocPyc9QQFybITu1EqzX0kg==;w+WR1aWafB3+yZq5JSoBwgz78XDlU+k9Xiqvc+Q7TlAl1P4h4t721Cn5cjhZ9h3TSd2\/MJLy+wG+YkhDL9UlGkVv05RZGy2fMaLGdeQkWc7TShkc\/M2boPc3GXq2yiERKl5CN4AZWSOcrFhOFuuTOqF4ZdBlflmNudaakodr\/8qTip0i+a7moz1Jkc5+9iLAsDFyqTR1sirp7kAVNFbiqPdYTjNkvZUHF3nYYmRskOg=;"  
}  
  

Example

GET https://contosomarketing.documents.azure.com/dbs/volcanodb/users/a_user/permissions/a_permission HTTP/1.1  
x-ms-date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:03:33 GMT  
authorization: type%3dmaster%26ver%3d1.0%26sig%3dATBq0Z3UotT51ArSPrNTu0QcRSqft7HaLa8GuRYx%2f5U%3d  
Cache-Control: no-cache  
User-Agent: contoso/1.0  
x-ms-version: 2015-08-06  
Accept: application/json  
Host: contosomarketing.documents.azure.com  
Cookie: x-ms-session-token=866  
Connection: Keep-Alive  
  
HTTP/1.1 200 Ok  
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache  
Pragma: no-cache  
Content-Type: application/json  
Content-Location: https://contosomarketing.documents.azure.com/dbs/volcanodb/users/a_user/permissions/a_permission  
Server: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0  
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000  
x-ms-last-state-change-utc: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 06:35:23.178 GMT  
etag: "00000e00-0000-0000-0000-566736980000"  
x-ms-resource-quota: permissions=2000000;  
x-ms-resource-usage: permissions=1;  
x-ms-schemaversion: 1.1  
x-ms-alt-content-path: dbs/volcanodb/users/a_user  
x-ms-content-path: Sl8fAG8cXgA=  
x-ms-session-token: 866  
x-ms-request-charge: 2  
x-ms-serviceversion: version=1.5.57.3  
x-ms-activity-id: 0bdfba42-3b01-40b3-b066-8b16f0362581  
Set-Cookie: x-ms-session-token=866; Domain=contosomarketing.documents.azure.com; Path=/dbs/volcanodb/users/a_user  
x-ms-gatewayversion: version=1.5.57.3  
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:03:34 GMT  
Content-Length: 576  
  
{  
    "id": "a_permission",  
    "permissionMode": "Read",  
    "resource": "dbs/volcanodb/colls/volcano1",  
    "_rid": "Sl8fAG8cXgBn6Ju2GqNsAA==",  
    "_ts": 1449604760,  
    "_self": "dbs\/Sl8fAA==\/users\/Sl8fAG8cXgA=\/permissions\/Sl8fAG8cXgBn6Ju2GqNsAA==\/",  
    "_etag": "\"00000e00-0000-0000-0000-566736980000\"",  
    "_token": "type=resource&ver=1&sig=ocPyc9QQFybITu1EqzX0kg==;w+WR1aWafB3+yZq5JSoBwgz78XDlU+k9Xiqvc+Q7TlAl1P4h4t721Cn5cjhZ9h3TSd2\/MJLy+wG+YkhDL9UlGkVv05RZGy2fMaLGdeQkWc7TShkc\/M2boPc3GXq2yiERKl5CN4AZWSOcrFhOFuuTOqF4ZdBlflmNudaakodr\/8qTip0i+a7moz1Jkc5+9iLAsDFyqTR1sirp7kAVNFbiqPdYTjNkvZUHF3nYYmRskOg=;"  
}  
  

See Also