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Title: Node Permission service
Added: v2.0.0
Status: Active
Last reviewed: 2019-01-16
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# [Node Permission service](../../../lib/content-services/src/lib/permission-manager/services/node-permission.service.ts "Defined in node-permission.service.ts")

Manages role permissions for content nodes.

## Class members

### Methods

-   **getGroupMemberByGroupName**(groupName: `string`, opts?: `any`): [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<`[`GroupMemberPaging`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/develop/src/api/content-rest-api/docs/GroupMemberPaging.md)`>`<br/>
    Gets all members related to a group name.
    -   _groupName:_ `string`  - Name of group to look for members
    -   _opts:_ `any`  - (Optional) Extra options supported by JS-API
    -   **Returns** [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<`[`GroupMemberPaging`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/develop/src/api/content-rest-api/docs/GroupMemberPaging.md)`>` - List of members
-   **getNodeRoles**(node: `Node`): [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<string[]>`<br/>
    Gets a list of roles for the current node.
    -   _node:_ `Node`  - The target node
    -   **Returns** [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<string[]>` - Array of strings representing the roles
-   **removePermission**(node: `Node`, permissionToRemove: [`PermissionElement`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/develop/src/api/content-rest-api/docs/PermissionElement.md)): [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<Node>`<br/>
    Removes a permission setting from a node.
    -   _node:_ `Node`  - ID of the target node
    -   _permissionToRemove:_ [`PermissionElement`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/develop/src/api/content-rest-api/docs/PermissionElement.md)  - Permission setting to remove
    -   **Returns** [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<Node>` - Node with modified permissions
-   **updateLocallySetPermissions**(node: `Node`, nodes: [`NodeEntry`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/master/src/alfresco-core-rest-api/docs/NodeEntry.md)`[]`, nodeRole: `string[]`): [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<Node>`<br/>
    Updates the locally set permissions for a node.
    -   _node:_ `Node`  - ID of the target node
    -   _nodes:_ [`NodeEntry`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/master/src/alfresco-core-rest-api/docs/NodeEntry.md)`[]`  - Permission settings
    -   _nodeRole:_ `string[]`  - Permission role
    -   **Returns** [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<Node>` - Node with updated permissions
-   **updateNodePermissions**(nodeId: `string`, permissionList: [`NodeEntry`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/master/src/alfresco-core-rest-api/docs/NodeEntry.md)`[]`): [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<Node>`<br/>
    Update permissions for a node.
    -   _nodeId:_ `string`  - ID of the target node
    -   _permissionList:_ [`NodeEntry`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/master/src/alfresco-core-rest-api/docs/NodeEntry.md)`[]`  - New permission settings
    -   **Returns** [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<Node>` - Node with updated permissions
-   **updatePermissionRole**(node: `Node`, updatedPermissionRole: [`PermissionElement`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/develop/src/api/content-rest-api/docs/PermissionElement.md)): [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<Node>`<br/>
    Updates the permission role for a node.
    -   _node:_ `Node`  - Target node
    -   _updatedPermissionRole:_ [`PermissionElement`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/develop/src/api/content-rest-api/docs/PermissionElement.md)  - Permission role to update or add
    -   **Returns** [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<Node>` - Node with updated permission

## Details

This service requires the Content Services Groups API, which is available from version 5.2.1.

See the
[Groups API docs](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/develop/src/api/content-rest-api/docs/GroupsApi.md)
in the Alfresco JS API for more information about the types returned by
the methods and for the implementation of the REST API the service is
based on.

## See also

-   [Permission list component](../components/permission-list.component.md)