curl -X GET 'https://api.openai.com/v1/projects/project-id/roles?limit=1000&after=example-after&order=asc' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY"

# GET /projects/{project_id}/roles (OpenAI API)
Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization; OpenAI admin key; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> List project roles

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## cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.openai.com/v1/projects/project-id/roles?limit=1000&after=example-after&order=asc' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY"

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| project_id | path | string | Yes | The ID of the project to inspect. |
| limit | query | integer | No | A limit on the number of roles to return. Defaults to 1000. |
| after | query | string | No | Cursor for pagination. Provide the value from the previous response's `next`... |
| order | query | string | No | Sort order for the returned roles. |

## Response example
{"object":"list","data":[{}]}

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GET /projects/{project_id}/roles — OpenAI API

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OpenAI API

List project roles

Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <OPENAI_API_KEY>
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Critical gotchas

The Responses API is the primary interface for new text and tool workflows; Chat Completions remains a separate compatibility API.

Audio transcription uploads use multipart form data rather than a JSON request body.

cURL

curl -X GET 'https://api.openai.com/v1/projects/project-id/roles?limit=1000&after=example-after&order=asc' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY"

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
project_id	path	string	Yes	The ID of the project to inspect.
limit	query	integer	No	A limit on the number of roles to return. Defaults to 1000.
after	query	string	No	Cursor for pagination. Provide the value from the previous response's `next` field to continue listing roles.
order	query	string	No	Sort order for the returned roles.

Response 200 OK

{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
      "object": "role",
      "id": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "permissions": [
        "string"
      ],
      "resource_type": "string",
      "predefined_role": true
    }
  ],
  "has_more": true,
  "next": "string"
}

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