How to assign a role to a 'mail group' via the API?

[Paul Boon]

Hi all,
While experimenting with socalled mail groups (https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/admin/mail-groups.html) I struggle with adding roles to it via the API.
You can (and have to) create that group via the API, but I can only assign a role to if via the UI.

For example, on a 6.0 dev box with a 'dans' collection and &maildomain/exampleorg:

curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" -X PUT "http://localhost:8080/api/dataverses/dans/groups/%26maildomain%2Fexampleorg/roleAssignees/dsContributor"

returns

{"status":"ERROR","message":"Can't find &maildomain/exampleorg in dataverse 2"}

I also tried the id (number) of the group, but that did not work either.

This is following the guide; https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html#add-a-role-assignee-to-an-explicit-group
The name suggest it only works for explicit groups and not for mail domain groups, so how should it be done?

Maybe I am doing something wrong, or maybe the omission is intentional.

Any suggestions are welcome.

[Philip Durbin]

Hmm, it should be possible. Are you assigning the role at the collection level or the dataset level?

Collection: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/6.0/api/native-api.html#assign-a-new-role-on-a-dataverse-collection

Dataset: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/6.0/api/native-api.html#assign-a-new-role-on-a-dataset

Also, can you see the group with this call? https://guides.dataverse.org/en/6.0/api/native-api.html#show-role-assignee

I hope this helps,

Phil

p.s. Let's continue here but no need to use the "dev" list for this next time.

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[Paul Boon]

Hi, Sorry for using the devs group for this.

The suggestion worked!

In my case I wanted to assign the role to a group on a collection. Because I was focused on the 'group' aspect, using a mail domain group, I followed the 'group' related stuff in the guide.
This is not the first time I get lost in those API guides.

Thanks,

Paul

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[Philip Durbin]

Great! Yes, please help us fix them up! :)

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