# The Permission Object ### Description The Permission object is used to represent a user's or group's access to a File or Folder. Permissions are unexpanded by default. ### Usage Example Fetch from the `GET Files` or `GET Folders` endpoint. Permissions are unexpanded by default. Use the query param `expand=permissions` to see more details.
The user that is granted this permission. This will only be populated if the type is `USER`.
group
stringnull
The group that is granted this permission. This will only be populated if the type is `GROUP`.
type
object
Denotes what type of people have access to the file.
roles
arraynull
The permissions that the user or group has for the File or Folder. It is possible for a user or group to have multiple roles, such as viewing & uploading. Possible values include: `READ`, `WRITE`, `OW
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "#/components/schemas/PermissionRequest",
"title": "PermissionRequest",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"remote_id": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The third-party API ID of the matching object."
},
"user": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"format": "uuid",
"description": "The user that is granted this permission. This will only be populated if the type is `USER`."
},
"group": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"format": "uuid",
"description": "The group that is granted this permission. This will only be populated if the type is `GROUP`."
},
"type": {
"oneOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/TypeEnum"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"description": "Denotes what type of people have access to the file."
},
"roles": {
"type": [
"array",
"null"
],
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/RolesEnum"
},
"description": "The permissions that the user or group has for the File or Folder. It is possible for a user or group to have multiple roles, such as viewing & uploading. Possible values include: `READ`, `WRITE`, `OWNER`. In cases where there is no clear mapping, the original value passed through will be returned."
},
"integration_params": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"additionalProperties": {
"description": "Any type"
}
},
"linked_account_params": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"additionalProperties": {
"description": "Any type"
}
}
},
"description": "# The Permission Object\n### Description\nThe Permission object is used to represent a user's or group's access to a File or Folder. Permissions are unexpanded by default.\n\n### Usage Example\nFetch from the `GET Files` or `GET Folders` endpoint. Permissions are unexpanded by default. Use the query param `expand=permissions` to see more details."
}