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User Roles
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Stream has user roles to control which permissions end-users and staff members of an application have can use. Stream provides default permissions for 5 different channel types, but these are customizable and custom channel types can be created through the dashboard. Permissions essentially amount to the features and endpoints that a user_id has access to when accessing the Stream API.
Stream maintains a user role for each user_id at an Application level and a Channel level. This is to allow flexibility and to cover a wider range of use cases.
Application User Roles
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Role | Description | Permissions |
|---|---|---|
Anonymous | Does not require a JWT and does not require a user_id registered with Stream | Lowest |
Guest | Does not require a JWT and has slightly higher permissions than Anonymous users | Low |
User | A registered user on the app with a JWT provided by a trusted source (server) | Normal |
Admin | A registered user with elevated permissions granted from a trusted source (server) | High |
Server-side | Not technically a user role. This is the client instantiated with the app key and secret. This is the highest level of administration and is run on the server | Highest |
Channel User Roles
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Roles | Description | Permissions |
|---|---|---|
Member | A typical member of a channel and the default user role for an Application User | Normal |
Moderator | Elevated permissions on a channel. Granted to channel members through this method | High |
Admin | Any Application Admin that is added as a channel member is automatically an Channel Admin | Highest |