[[reference-security-query_role]]

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[discrete]
=== client.security.queryRole

Find roles with a query. Get roles in a paginated manner. You can optionally filter the results with a query.

{ref}/security-api-query-role.html[{es} documentation]

[discrete]
==== Function signature

[source,ts]
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(SecurityQueryRoleRequest, options?): Promise<SecurityQueryRoleResponse>
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[discrete]
===== `SecurityQueryRoleRequest`

[source,ts]
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interface SecurityQueryRoleRequest extends <<shared-type-request-base, RequestBase>> {
  query?: SecurityQueryRoleRoleQueryContainer
  from?: <<shared-type-integer, integer>>
  sort?: <<shared-type-sort, Sort>>
  size?: <<shared-type-integer, integer>>
  search_after?: <<shared-type-sort-results, SortResults>>
}
----

[discrete]
===== `SecurityQueryRoleResponse`

[source,ts]
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interface SecurityQueryRoleResponse {
  total: <<shared-type-integer, integer>>
  count: <<shared-type-integer, integer>>
  roles: SecurityQueryRoleQueryRole[]
}
----