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> Learn how to assign permissions to a user using the Auth0 Dashboard or the Management API.

# Assign Permissions to Users

export const AuthCodeGroup = ({children, dropdown}) => {
  const [processedChildren, setProcessedChildren] = useState(children);
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};

export const AuthCodeBlock = ({filename, icon, language, highlight, children}) => {
  const [displayText, setDisplayText] = useState(children);
  const [copyText, setCopyText] = useState(children);
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        {displayText}
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    </div>;
};

You can assign [permissions](/docs/manage-users/access-control/rbac) to a user using the <Tooltip tip="Auth0 Dashboard: Auth0's main product to configure your services." cta="View Glossary" href="/docs/glossary?term=Auth0+Dashboard">Auth0 Dashboard</Tooltip> or the <Tooltip tip="Auth0 Dashboard: Auth0's main product to configure your services." cta="View Glossary" href="/docs/glossary?term=Management+API">Management API</Tooltip>. The assigned permissions can be used with the API Authorization Core feature set.

<Warning>
  Adding permissions directly to a user circumvents the benefits of role-based access control (RBAC) and is not typically recommended.
</Warning>

## Prerequisites

* For role-based access control (RBAC) to work properly, you must enable it for your API using either the Dashboard or the Management API. The Authorization Core functionality is different from the Authorization Extension. For a comparison, read [Authorization Core vs. Authorization Extension](/docs/manage-users/access-control/authorization-core-vs-authorization-extension).
* [Set up an API](/docs/get-started/auth0-overview/set-up-apis) in the Dashboard.
* Permissions are selected from pre-defined values. If your list of roles is blank, make sure you [add permissions](/docs/get-started/apis/add-api-permissions) for your API.

## Dashboard

There are two ways to assign a permission to a user. You can choose a user from the **Users** list and then assign a permission or you can go to the **User Details** (user profile) page for an individual user and choose a permission to assign in the **Permissions** tab.

### Assign permission in user list

1. Go to [Dashboard > User Management > Users](https://manage.auth0.com/#/users).
2. Click `...` next to the user you want to modify, and select **Assign Permissions**.
3. Select the API from which you want to assign permissions, then select the permissions to assign to the user, and click **Add Permissions**.

### Assign permissions in user profile

You can also assign permissions to users from their individual profile page.

1. Go to [Dashboard > User Management > Users](https://manage.auth0.com/#/users), and click the name of the user to view.
2. Click the **Permissions** tab, and click **Assign Permissions**.
3. Select the API from which you want to assign permissions, then select the permissions to assign to the user, and click **Add Permissions**.

## Management API

Make a `POST` call to the [Assign User Permissions endpoint](https://auth0.com/docs/api/management/v2#!/Users/post_permissions). Be sure to replace `USER_ID`, `MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN`, `API_IDENTIFIER`, and `PERMISSION_NAME` placeholder values with your user ID, Management API <Tooltip tip="Access Token: Authorization credential, in the form of an opaque string or JWT, used to access an API." cta="View Glossary" href="/docs/glossary?term=access+token">access token</Tooltip>, API identifier(s), and permission name(s), respectively.

<AuthCodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request POST \
    --url 'https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions' \
    --header 'authorization: Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
    --header 'cache-control: no-cache' \
    --header 'content-type: application/json' \
    --data '{ "permissions": [ { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" }, { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" } ] }'
  ```

  ```csharp C# theme={null}
  var client = new RestClient("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions");
  var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
  request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
  request.AddHeader("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN");
  request.AddHeader("cache-control", "no-cache");
  request.AddParameter("application/json", "{ "permissions": [ { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" }, { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" } ] }", ParameterType.RequestBody);
  IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

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

  func main() {

  	url := "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions"

  	payload := strings.NewReader("{ "permissions": [ { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" }, { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" } ] }")

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

  	req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json")
  	req.Header.Add("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN")
  	req.Header.Add("cache-control", "no-cache")

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

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

  	fmt.Println(res)
  	fmt.Println(string(body))

  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions")
    .header("content-type", "application/json")
    .header("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN")
    .header("cache-control", "no-cache")
    .body("{ "permissions": [ { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" }, { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" } ] }")
    .asString();
  ```

  ```javascript Node.JS theme={null}
  var axios = require("axios").default;

  var options = {
    method: 'POST',
    url: 'https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions',
    headers: {
      'content-type': 'application/json',
      authorization: 'Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN',
      'cache-control': 'no-cache'
    },
    data: {
      permissions: [
        {
          resource_server_identifier: 'API_IDENTIFIER',
          permission_name: 'PERMISSION_NAME'
        },
        {
          resource_server_identifier: 'API_IDENTIFIER',
          permission_name: 'PERMISSION_NAME'
        }
      ]
    }
  };

  axios.request(options).then(function (response) {
    console.log(response.data);
  }).catch(function (error) {
    console.error(error);
  });
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  $curl = curl_init();

  curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{ "permissions": [ { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" }, { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" } ] }",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
      "authorization: Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      "cache-control: no-cache",
      "content-type: application/json"
    ],
  ]);

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

  curl_close($curl);

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

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import http.client

  conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("")

  payload = "{ "permissions": [ { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" }, { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" } ] }"

  headers = {
      'content-type': "application/json",
      'authorization': "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      'cache-control': "no-cache"
      }

  conn.request("POST", "/{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions", payload, headers)

  res = conn.getresponse()
  data = res.read()

  print(data.decode("utf-8"))
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'uri'
  require 'net/http'
  require 'openssl'

  url = URI("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID/permissions")

  http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
  http.use_ssl = true
  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

  request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
  request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
  request["authorization"] = 'Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN'
  request["cache-control"] = 'no-cache'
  request.body = "{ "permissions": [ { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" }, { "resource_server_identifier": "API_IDENTIFIER", "permission_name": "PERMISSION_NAME" } ] }"

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.read_body
  ```
</AuthCodeGroup>

| Value                   | Description                                                                                                           |
| ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `USER_ID`               | Τhe ID of the user for whom you want to assign permissions.                                                           |
| `MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN` | [Access Token for the Management API](https://auth0.com/docs/api/management/v2/tokens) with the scope `update:users`. |
| `API_IDENTIFIER`        | Identifier(s) of the API(s) associated with the permission(s) you would like to assign for the specified user.        |
| `PERMISSION_NAME`       | Name(s) of the permission(s) you would like to assign for the specified user.                                         |

## Learn more

* [Remove Permissions from Users](/docs/manage-users/access-control/configure-core-rbac/rbac-users/remove-permissions-from-users)
* [View User Permissions](/docs/manage-users/access-control/configure-core-rbac/rbac-users/view-user-permissions)