Returns whether a user may use the specified Classroom capability. For example, this endpoint can be used to check whether a user may create add- on attachments.
A requesting user can only check capabilities for themselves.
This method returns the following error codes:
PERMISSION_DENIED if the requesting user is not permitted to check eligibility for the specified user.
INVALID_ARGUMENT if the request is malformed.
HTTP request
GET https://classroom.googleapis.com/v1/userProfiles/{userId}:checkUserCapability
Required. The Capability that should be checked for this user. For example, to check whether a user can create an add-on attachment, set this to CREATE_ADD_ON_ATTACHMENT.
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This feature is available in [V1_20240930_PREVIEW](https://developers.google.com/workspace/classroom/reference/rest/v1/PreviewVersion) and later. See [Access Preview APIs](https://developers.google.com/workspace/classroom/reference/preview) to learn more.\nReturns whether a user may use the specified Classroom capability. For example, this endpoint can be used to check whether a user may create add- on attachments.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nA requesting user can only check capabilities for themselves.\n\nThis method returns the following error codes:\n\n- `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to check eligibility for the specified user.\n- `INVALID_ARGUMENT` if the request is malformed.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://classroom.googleapis.com/v1/userProfiles/{userId}:checkUserCapability`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `userId` | `string` Required. Identifier of the user. When specified as a parameter of a request, this identifier can be one of the following: - the numeric identifier for the user - the email address of the user - the string literal `\"me\"`, indicating the requesting user |\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `capability` | `enum (`[Capability](/workspace/classroom/reference/rest/v1/userProfiles/checkUserCapability#Capability)`)` Required. The Capability that should be checked for this user. For example, to check whether a user can create an [add-on attachment](https://developers.google.com/workspace/classroom/reference/rest/v1/courses.courseWork.addOnAttachments#resource:-addonattachment), set this to `CREATE_ADD_ON_ATTACHMENT`. |\n| `previewVersion` | `enum (`[PreviewVersion](/workspace/classroom/reference/rest/v1/PreviewVersion)`)` Optional. The preview version of the API. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nResponse from checking user capabilities.\n\nIf successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:\n\n| JSON representation |\n|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"capability\": enum (/workspace/classroom/reference/rest/v1/userProfiles/checkUserCapability#Capability), \"allowed\": boolean } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `capability` | `enum (`[Capability](/workspace/classroom/reference/rest/v1/userProfiles/checkUserCapability#Capability)`)` The Classroom capability. |\n| `allowed` | `boolean` Whether the specified capability is allowed for the user. |\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/classroom.courses`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/classroom.courses.readonly`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent).\n\nCapability\n----------\n\nEnum to represent the capability.\n\n| Enums ||\n|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `CAPABILITY_UNSPECIFIED` | Not supported. |\n| `CREATE_ADD_ON_ATTACHMENT` | The capability to create and modify AddOnAttachments associated with the Developer Console project of the [OAuth client ID](https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6158849) used to make the request. |\n| `CREATE_RUBRIC` | The capability to create and modify Rubrics. |\n| `UPDATE_GRADING_PERIOD_SETTINGS` | The capability to modify grading period settings. |\n| `CREATE_STUDENT_GROUP` | The capability to create and modify student groups and their members. |"]]
