[[role-management-specific-api-get]]
=== Get specific role API
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<titleabbrev>Get specific role</titleabbrev>
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experimental[] Retrieve a specific role.

[[role-management-specific-api-get-prereqs]]
==== Prerequisite

To use the get specific role API, you must have the `manage_security` cluster privilege.

[[role-management-specific-api-retrieve-all-request-body]]
===== Request

`GET <kibana host>:<port>/api/security/role/my_restricted_kibana_role`

[[role-management-specific-api-retrieve-all-response-codes]]
==== Response code

`200`::
  Indicates a successful call.

[[role-management-specific-api-retrieve-all-example]]
===== Example

The API returns the following:

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{
  "name": "my_restricted_kibana_role",
  "metadata" : {
    "version" : 1
  },
  "transient_metadata": {
    "enabled": true
  },
  "elasticsearch": {
    "cluster": [ ],
    "indices": [ ],
    "run_as": [ ]
  },
   "kibana": [
    {
      "base": [
        "read"
      ],
      "feature": {},
      "spaces": [
        "marketing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "base": [],
      "feature": {
        "discover": [
          "all"
        ],
        "visualize": [
          "all"
        ],
        "dashboard": [
          "all"
        ],
        "dev_tools": [
          "read"
        ],
        "advancedSettings": [
          "read"
        ],
        "indexPatterns": [
          "read"
        ],
        "timelion": [
          "all"
        ],
        "graph": [
          "all"
        ],
        "apm": [
          "read"
        ],
        "maps": [
          "read"
        ],
        "canvas": [
          "read"
        ],
        "infrastructure": [
          "all"
        ],
        "logs": [
          "all"
        ],
        "uptime": [
          "all"
        ]
      },
      "spaces": [
        "sales",
        "default"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
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