# Assign roles to a user endpoint

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/assign-roles-to-a-user-endpoint/67389>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** auth0\
**Created:** [August 4, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/assign-roles-to-a-user-endpoint/67389 "2021-08-04T19:29:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![juan.garbora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/juan.garbora/32/30914_2.png) [@juan.garbora](https://community.auth0.com/u/juan.garbora)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/assign-roles-to-a-user-endpoint/67389/1 "2021-08-04T19:29:10Z")

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Anyone knows how is the request body for **Assign roles to a user** endpoint

My body request

```auto
{
 "roles": [
        "admin"
    ]
}

```

Response HTTP: 400

```auto
{
  "statusCode": 400,
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "Invalid request payload input"
}

```

get roles response

```auto
[
  {
    "id": "rol_vJ8LvtkaBizBowVd",
    "name": "admin",
    "description": "admin's role"
  },
  {
    "id": "rol_n5ecegE12SByX7Oo",
    "name": "user",
    "description": "user's group"
  }
]

```

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**Author:** ![juan.garbora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/juan.garbora/32/30914_2.png) [@juan.garbora](https://community.auth0.com/u/juan.garbora)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/assign-roles-to-a-user-endpoint/67389/2 "2021-08-05T18:04:45Z")

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found it … It’s role id … not role name.

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**Author:** ![konrad.sopala](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/konrad.sopala/32/13516_2.png) [@konrad.sopala](https://community.auth0.com/u/konrad.sopala)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/assign-roles-to-a-user-endpoint/67389/3 "2021-08-06T06:19:50Z")

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Wohoo glad you have figured it out!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/original/3X/b/5/b560f266932fcce5d57f09a6595bd50518cae3f3.jpeg) [@system](https://community.auth0.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/assign-roles-to-a-user-endpoint/67389/4 "2021-08-21T06:20:16Z")

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