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# Get all roles

GET https://api.contentful.com/spaces/{space_id}/roles

This endpoint returns a paginated list of roles for a given space. Each role contains a name, a description, permissions and policies, which describe what a user can and cannot do.

Reference: https://contentful.com/developers/docs/references/content-management-api/roles/get-all-roles

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `space_id` (string, required) — ID of the Space in form of a string

## Response

### 200

OK - Request successful

- `map from string to any`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "items": [],
  "limit": 100,
  "skip": 0,
  "sys": {
    "type": "Array"
  },
  "total": 0
}
```

**SDK Code**

```android Android
// Create the Contentful client.
final CMAClient client =
    new CMAClient
        .Builder()
        .setAccessToken("<access_token>")
        .setSpaceId("<space_id>")
        .setEnvironmentId("<environment_id>")
        .build();

client
    .roles()
    .async()
    .fetchAll(
        "<space_id>",
        new CMACallback<CMAArray<CMARole>>() {
          @Override protected void onSuccess(CMAArray<CMARole> result) {
            // The fetched role will be the parameter of this method.
            new AlertDialog.Builder(context)
                .setTitle("Contentful")
                .setMessage("Done listing all roles." +
                    "\n\nResult: " + result.getItems())
                .show();
          }

          @Override protected void onFailure(RuntimeException exception) {
            // An error occurred! Inform the user.
            new AlertDialog.Builder(context)
                .setTitle("Contentful Error")
                .setMessage("Could not list all roles." +
                    "\n\nReason: " + exception.toString())
                .show();

            super.onFailure(exception);
          }
        }
    );
```

```java Java
// Create the Contentful client.
final CMAClient client =
    new CMAClient
        .Builder()
        .setAccessToken("<access_token>")
        .setSpaceId("<space_id>")
        .setEnvironmentId("<environment_id>")
        .build();

final CMAArray<CMARole> roles =
    client
        .roles()
        .fetchAll("<space_id>");
```

```kotlin Kotlin
// Create the Contentful client.
val client = CMAClient.Builder()
    .setAccessToken("<access_token>")
    .setSpaceId("<space_id>")
    .setEnvironmentId("<environment_id>")
    .build()

val roles = client
        .roles()
        .fetchAll("<space_id>")
```

```swift Swift
We currently don't provide a CMA SDK for this platform.
```

```js-legacy JavaScript (legacy)
import { createClient } from 'contentful-management'

const client = createClient({
  accessToken: '<content_management_api_key>'
}, { type: 'legacy' })

client.getSpace('<space_id>')
.then((space) => space.getRoles())
.then((response) => console.log(response.items))
.catch(console.error)
```

```javascript JavaScript
import { createClient } from 'contentful-management'

const client = createClient({
  accessToken: '<content_management_api_key>'
}, { type: 'legacy' })

const roles = await client.role.getMany({
 spaceId: '<space_id>',
 query: {
  limit: 100,
 }
});
```

```php PHP
$client = new \Contentful\Management\Client('<content_management_api_key>');

$space = $client->getSpaceProxy('<space_id>');

$roles = $space->getRoles();
```

```ruby Ruby
require 'contentful/management'

client = Contentful::Management::Client.new('<content_management_api_key>')

roles = client.roles('<space_id>').all
```

```python Python
from contentful_management import Client

client = Client('<content_management_api_key>')

roles = client.roles('<space_id>').all()
```

```.net .NET
// This client should only be created once per application.
var httpClient = new HttpClient();

var client = new ContentfulManagementClient(httpClient, "<content_management_api_key>", "<space_id>");

var allRoles = await client.GetAllRoles();
```