> ## Documentation Index
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# Create Role

> Create a new role.

This endpoint creates a new role with the specified name. Roles are used
to group permissions and can be assigned to users to manage access control
more efficiently. The authenticated user becomes the owner of the created role.

## Request Parameters
- **role_name** (str): The name of the role to create

## Response
Returns a success message indicating the role was created.

## Error Codes
- **400 Bad Request**: Invalid role name or role already exists
- **500 Internal Server Error**: Error creating the role



## OpenAPI

````yaml /cognee_openapi_spec.json post /api/v1/permissions/roles
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Cognee API
  description: Cognee API with Bearer token and Cookie auth
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.cognee.ai
    description: Production server (full functionality)
  - url: http://localhost:8000
    description: Local development server (requires local setup)
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: activity
    description: ''
  - name: add
    description: Data ingestion endpoints for adding text, files, and structured data.
  - name: auth
    description: >-
      Authentication endpoints for user registration, login, and token
      management.
  - name: checks
    description: ''
  - name: cognify
    description: >-
      Knowledge processing endpoints to transform raw data into knowledge
      graphs.
  - name: configuration
    description: ''
  - name: datasets
    description: Dataset management endpoints for listing, creating, and deleting datasets.
  - name: delete
    description: Data deletion endpoints (deprecated — use datasets endpoints instead).
  - name: forget
    description: ''
  - name: health
    description: ''
  - name: improve
    description: ''
  - name: llm
    description: ''
  - name: memify
    description: ''
  - name: notebooks
    description: ''
  - name: ontologies
    description: ''
  - name: permissions
    description: Permission management for multi-user access control.
  - name: recall
    description: ''
  - name: remember
    description: ''
  - name: responses
    description: Response generation endpoints using the knowledge graph.
  - name: search
    description: Search endpoints for querying the knowledge graph.
  - name: sessions
    description: ''
  - name: settings
    description: Configuration endpoints for managing Cognee settings.
  - name: sync
    description: ''
  - name: update
    description: ''
  - name: users
    description: User management endpoints.
  - name: visualize
    description: Graph visualization endpoints.
paths:
  /api/v1/permissions/roles:
    post:
      tags:
        - permissions
      summary: Create Role
      description: >-
        Create a new role.


        This endpoint creates a new role with the specified name. Roles are used

        to group permissions and can be assigned to users to manage access
        control

        more efficiently. The authenticated user becomes the owner of the
        created role.


        ## Request Parameters

        - **role_name** (str): The name of the role to create


        ## Response

        Returns a success message indicating the role was created.


        ## Error Codes

        - **400 Bad Request**: Invalid role name or role already exists

        - **500 Internal Server Error**: Error creating the role
      operationId: create_role_api_v1_permissions_roles_post
      parameters:
        - name: role_name
          in: query
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            title: Role Name
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key

````