Method: userProfiles.checkUserCapability

Returns whether a user may use the specified Classroom capability. For example, this endpoint can be used to check whether a user may create add- on attachments.

A requesting user can only check capabilities for themselves.

This method returns the following error codes:

  • PERMISSION_DENIED if the requesting user is not permitted to check eligibility for the specified user.
  • INVALID_ARGUMENT if the request is malformed.

HTTP request

GET https://classroom.googleapis.com/v1/userProfiles/{userId}:checkUserCapability

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
userId

string

Required. Identifier of the user.

When specified as a parameter of a request, this identifier can be one of the following:

  • the numeric identifier for the user
  • the email address of the user
  • the string literal "me", indicating the requesting user

Query parameters

Parameters
capability

enum (Capability)

Required. The Capability that should be checked for this user. For example, to check whether a user can create an add-on attachment, set this to CREATE_ADD_ON_ATTACHMENT.
previewVersion

enum (PreviewVersion)

Optional. The preview version of the API.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

Response from checking user capabilities.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "capability": enum (Capability),
  "allowed": boolean
}
Fields
capability

enum (Capability)

The Classroom capability.
allowed

boolean

Whether the specified capability is allowed for the user.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/classroom.courses
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/classroom.courses.readonly

For more information, see the Authorization guide.

Capability

Enum to represent the capability.

Enums
CAPABILITY_UNSPECIFIED Not supported.
CREATE_ADD_ON_ATTACHMENT The capability to create and modify AddOnAttachments associated with the Developer Console project of the OAuth client ID used to make the request.
CREATE_RUBRIC The capability to create and modify Rubrics.
UPDATE_GRADING_PERIOD_SETTINGS The capability to modify grading period settings.
CREATE_STUDENT_GROUP The capability to create and modify student groups and their members.