Sometimes, when working with SharePoint Security, you want to grant particular roles to users or groups, e.g.,
- Grant Tony Full Control Access to Document Library A
- Grant Eamon Contribute Access to Document Library B
... and so on. This is pretty simple through the SharePoint User Interface, but sometimes via the API it's a little more tricky as you have to specify the role using a Role ID.
Hardcoded numbers are generally a bad thing and frowned upon in the IT world, but hey ho, SharePoint does use Hardcoded Numbers for these Role IDs.
These are listed in the short table below.
Role Name | Role ID |
Full Control | 1073741829 |
Design | 1073741828 |
Edit | 1073741830 |
Contribute | 1073741827 |
Read | ​1073741826 |
Limited Access | 1073741825 |
View Only | 1073741924 |
