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URL: http://<db.host>:<db.port>/has/permission
Checks if the specified user has the specified permission on the specified object.

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Input Parameter Description

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principal
string
Name of the user for which the permission is being checked. Must be an existing user. If blank, will use the current user.The default value is ”.
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object
string
Name of object to check for the requested permission. It is recommended to use a fully-qualified name when possible.
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object_type
string
The type of object being checked.
  • catalog: External Catalog
  • context: Context
  • credential: Credential
  • datasink: Data Sink
  • datasource: Data Source
  • directory: KiFS File Directory
  • graph: A Graph object
  • proc: UDF Procedure
  • schema: Schema
  • sql_proc: SQL Procedure
  • system: System-level access
  • table: Database Table
  • table_monitor: Table monitor
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permission
string
Permission to check for.
  • admin: Full read/write and administrative access on the object.
  • connect: Connect access on the given data source or data sink.
  • create: Ability to create new objects of this type.
  • delete: Delete rows from tables.
  • execute: Ability to Execute the Procedure object.
  • insert: Insert access to tables.
  • monitor: Monitor logs and statistics.
  • read: Ability to read, list and use the object.
  • send_alert: Ability to send system alerts.
  • update: Update access to the table.
  • user_admin: Access to administer users and roles that do not have system_admin permission.
  • write: Access to write, change and delete objects.
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options
map of string to strings
Optional parameters.The default value is an empty map ( {} ).

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Output Parameter Description

The Kinetica server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:
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status
String
‘OK’ or ‘ERROR’
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message
String
Empty if success or an error message
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data_type
String
‘has_permission_response’ or ‘none’ in case of an error
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data
String
Empty string
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data_str
JSON or String
This embedded JSON represents the result of the /has/permission endpoint:Empty string in case of an error.