> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
  
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</AgentInstructions>

# addRoles

This method assigns roles to a user. It sends a request to the
Assign User Roles API route.

## Example

```ts
sdk.admin.user.addRoles("user_123", {
  assignments: [{ role_id: "role_123" }]
})
.then(({ roles }) => {
  console.log(roles)
})
```

## Parameters

**addRoles**

- `id`: `string` — The user's ID.
- `body`: [AdminAssignUserRoles](https://docs.medusajs.com/references/types/HttpTypes/interfaces/types.HttpTypes.AdminAssignUserRoles) — The roles to assign.
  - `assignments`: `object`[]
    - `role_id`: `string` — The ID of the role to assign to the user.
    - `scope`: `string` (optional) — The scope of the role assignment.
    - `scope_id`: `string` (optional) — The ID of the scope of the role assignment.
- `headers`: [ClientHeaders](https://docs.medusajs.com/references/js_sdk/admin/types/js_sdk.admin.ClientHeaders) (optional) — Headers to pass in the request.
  - `tags`: `string`[] — Tags to cache data under for Next.js applications. Learn more in [Next.js's documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/caching#fetch-optionsnexttags-and-revalidatetag).

## Returns

**addRoles**

- `Promise`: Promise<[AdminUserRolesResponse](https://docs.medusajs.com/references/types/HttpTypes/interfaces/types.HttpTypes.AdminUserRolesResponse)> — The user's roles.
  - `roles`: [AdminRbacRole](https://docs.medusajs.com/references/types/HttpTypes/interfaces/types.HttpTypes.AdminRbacRole)[] — The list of roles.
    - `id`: `string` — The role's ID.
    - `name`: `string` — The role's name.
    - `description`: `string` \| `null` — The role's description.
    - `metadata`: `Record<string, unknown>` \| `null` — Custom key-value pairs that can be added to the role.
    - `policies`: [AdminRbacPolicy](https://docs.medusajs.com/references/types/HttpTypes/interfaces/types.HttpTypes.AdminRbacPolicy)[] (optional) — The policies associated with the role.
    - `scope`: [RbacScope](https://docs.medusajs.com/references/types/types/types.RbacScope) (optional) — The scope the role is constrained to (e.g. `organization | org_123`), if any.
    - `created_at`: `string` — The date the role was created.
    - `updated_at`: `string` — The date the role was updated.
    - `deleted_at`: `string` \| `null` — The date the role was deleted.

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