Get user permissions (v2)

Retrieve a user’s current access roles across organizations, folders, and documents using the Velt v2 REST API for authorization checks and audits.

POST /v2/auth/permissions/get

Get Permissions

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.velt.dev/v2/auth/permissions/get \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-velt-api-key: <x-velt-api-key>' \
  --header 'x-velt-auth-token: <x-velt-auth-token>' \
  --data '
{
  "data": {
    "organizationId": "<string>",
    "userIds": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "folderIds": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "documentIds": [
      "<string>"
    ]
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.velt.dev/v2/auth/permissions/get"

payload = { "data": {
        "organizationId": "<string>",
        "userIds": ["<string>"],
        "folderIds": ["<string>"],
        "documentIds": ["<string>"]
    } }
headers = {
    "x-velt-api-key": "<x-velt-api-key>",
    "x-velt-auth-token": "<x-velt-auth-token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-velt-api-key': '<x-velt-api-key>',
    'x-velt-auth-token': '<x-velt-auth-token>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    data: {
      organizationId: '<string>',
      userIds: ['<string>'],
      folderIds: ['<string>'],
      documentIds: ['<string>']
    }
  })
};

fetch('https://api.velt.dev/v2/auth/permissions/get', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.velt.dev/v2/auth/permissions/get",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'data' => [
        'organizationId' => '<string>',
        'userIds' => [
                '<string>'
        ],
        'folderIds' => [
                '<string>'
        ],
        'documentIds' => [
                '<string>'
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "x-velt-api-key: <x-velt-api-key>",
    "x-velt-auth-token: <x-velt-auth-token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.velt.dev/v2/auth/permissions/get"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"organizationId\": \"<string>\",\n    \"userIds\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"folderIds\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"documentIds\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ]\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-velt-api-key", "<x-velt-api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("x-velt-auth-token", "<x-velt-auth-token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.velt.dev/v2/auth/permissions/get")
  .header("x-velt-api-key", "<x-velt-api-key>")
  .header("x-velt-auth-token", "<x-velt-auth-token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"organizationId\": \"<string>\",\n    \"userIds\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"folderIds\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"documentIds\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ]\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.velt.dev/v2/auth/permissions/get")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-velt-api-key"] = '<x-velt-api-key>'
request["x-velt-auth-token"] = '<x-velt-auth-token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"organizationId\": \"<string>\",\n    \"userIds\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"folderIds\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"documentIds\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ]\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
    "result": {
        "status": "success",
        "message": "User permissions retrieved successfully.",
        "data": {
            "1.1": {
                "folders": {
                    "folder2": {
                        "accessRole": "editor",
                        "accessType": "restricted"
                    }
                },
                "documents": {
                    "document1-26-may-2025-folder2": {
                        "accessRole": "viewer",
                        "accessType": "restricted"
                    }
                },
                "organization": {
                    "org1": {
                        "accessRole": "editor"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Use this API to get a user’s permissions for various resources like organizations, folders, documents, etc.

• Returns permissions per user and resource. Temporary permissions include an expiresAt (Unix seconds) value.
• See the Access Control overview for concepts and detailed guidance.

Endpoint

POST https://api.velt.dev/v2/auth/permissions/get

Headers

x-velt-api-key · string · required

Your API key.

x-velt-auth-token · string · required

Your Auth Token.

Body

data · object · required

Show properties

organizationId · string · required

The ID of the organization to query.

userIds · string[] · required

Array of user IDs to fetch permissions for.

folderIds · string[]

Optional array of folder IDs to include in the result.

documentIds · string[]

Optional array of document IDs to include in the result.

Example Request

JSON

{
  "data": {
    "organizationId": "org1",
    "documentIds": ["freestyle-comments1"],
    "userIds": ["samarth"]
  }
}

cURL

cURL

curl --location 'https://api.velt.dev/v2/auth/permissions/get' \
--header 'x-velt-api-key: apiKey' \
--header 'x-velt-auth-token: authToken' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "data": {
        "organizationId": "org1",
        "documentIds": [
            "freestyle-comments1"
        ],
        "userIds": [
            "samarth"
        ]
    }
}'

Response

Error responses include an errorCode field with structured error codes from the UserPermissionAccessRoleResult enum. This helps you handle permission resolution failures programmatically.

Response Schema

The response returns a nested structure with permissions per user and resource type. Each resource permission can include:

Field	Type	Description
accessRole	string	The user’s access role ("editor" or "viewer")
accessType	string	The effective access type for the resource: "public", "restricted", or "organizationPrivate". Documents inside folders inherit the folder’s accessType. Also present on PERMISSION_DENIED entries.
expiresAt	number	Unix timestamp (seconds) when temporary access expires
error	string	Human-readable error message if permission resolution failed
errorCode	string	Error code from UserPermissionAccessRoleResult enum (v4.5.4+)

Success Response

{
    "result": {
        "status": "success",
        "message": "User permissions retrieved successfully.",
        "data": {
            "1.1": {
                "folders": {
                    "folder2": {
                        "accessRole": "editor",
                        "accessType": "restricted"
                    }
                },
                "documents": {
                    "document1-26-may-2025-folder2": {
                        "accessRole": "viewer",
                        "accessType": "restricted"
                    }
                },
                "organization": {
                    "org1": {
                        "accessRole": "editor"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Success Response with Context Access Info

When using Access Context for feature-level permissions, the response includes a context object with accessFields showing which context values the user has access to:

{
    "result": {
        "status": "success",
        "message": "User permissions retrieved successfully.",
        "data": {
            "user_123": {
                "documents": {
                    "document1": {
                        "accessRole": "editor",
                        "accessType": "organizationPrivate"
                    }
                },
                "organization": {
                    "org1": {
                        "accessRole": "editor"
                    }
                },
                "context": {
                    "accessFields": ["widgetId:1", "widgetId:2", "widgetId:3"]
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

The accessFields array contains strings in the format "fieldName:value" representing each context field and value combination the user has access to.

Permission Denied

{
    "result": {
        "status": "success",
        "message": "User permissions retrieved successfully.",
        "data": {
            "1.1": {
                "documents": {
                    "document5": {
                        "error": "User does not have access to document",
                        "errorCode": "permission_denied",
                        "accessType": "restricted"
                    }
                },
                "organization": {
                    "org1": {
                        "accessRole": "editor"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Error Response Examples

When a resource does not exist, is denied, or encounters an error, the response includes both an error message and an errorCode:

Resource Not Found:

{
    "error": {
        "details": {
            "1.1": {
                "documents": {
                    "document1-26-may-2025-folder222": {
                        "error": "Document does not exist",
                        "errorCode": "does_not_exist"
                    }
                },
                "organization": {
                    "org1": {
                        "accessRole": "editor"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "message": "Folder or document does not exist",
        "status": "NOT_FOUND"
    }
}

API Failure Response

{
  "error": {
    "message": "ERROR_MESSAGE",
    "status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT"
  }
}

{
    "result": {
        "status": "success",
        "message": "User permissions retrieved successfully.",
        "data": {
            "1.1": {
                "folders": {
                    "folder2": {
                        "accessRole": "editor",
                        "accessType": "restricted"
                    }
                },
                "documents": {
                    "document1-26-may-2025-folder2": {
                        "accessRole": "viewer",
                        "accessType": "restricted"
                    }
                },
                "organization": {
                    "org1": {
                        "accessRole": "editor"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}