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Able to get only Admin role only in /team/members/list_v2

Akankshya

In the Admin Console UI, users are shown with a role such as Member or various admin roles (e.g., Team Admin, User Management Admin, etc.). However, in the API response, I observe that:

Admin users have entries in the roles field
Non-admin users return: []

From this, I understand that an empty roles array implies the user is a regular “Member” (i.e., no admin privileges). However, the API does not explicitly return a "member" role or similar identifier.

I have a couple of questions:

Is it correct to interpret roles: [] as equivalent to the “Member” role shown in the UI?
Is there any API (current or planned) that explicitly returns “Member” as a role, or provides a more direct/explicit role classification?

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iNeil

Hi Akankshya, Thanks for raising this on our Dropbox Community forum. I’m currently communicating with the engineering team regarding the expected behavior of the /2/team/members/list_v2 endpoint. I’ll let you know as soon as I have an update.

iNeil

Hi @Akankshya, I received an update from the engineering team regarding the /2/team/members/list_v2 endpoint. For this endpoint, the roles field represents the admin roles assigned to a team member, not their basic membership status. The roles field is only populated for admins. For further information on the list of admin roles, please review the following link:

Dropbox - Types of admins

If a user is a regular (non-admin) team member, the roles field will be an empty array ([]). This implicitly means they are a regular team member with no admin privileges. There isn’t an API that explicitly returns “Member” as a user role. That said, I have raised a feature request for the /2/team/members/list_v2 endpoint to explicitly classify a regular “member” role instead of returning an empty list in the roles field.

Akankshya

Thanks for the clarification.