"Force" addRole to user via API

[Torsten Baldes]

Hi,

I'm using IftRunner (https://github.com/ryancramerdesign/IftRunner) to update/change the roles of a user based on a selection in the user profile.

Example:

The field "location" has multiple cities (city1,city2,city3) and when the user changes this field from "city1" to "city2", he should get the role "admin_city2", which can access and edit users with the role "usergroup_city2".

Unfortunately the api call "addRole" seems to check, if the current user has the permissions to assign this role.  Since he has only the role "admin_city1", he can't change his role to "admin_city2". 

Is there a way to "force" the api to do this, even when the current user doesn't have the permissions?

 

Thanks!

[Sergio]

Why not add the new role to the user and then remove his/her other role?

[Torsten Baldes]

19 hours ago, Sergio said:

Why not add the new role to the user and then remove his/her other role?

thanks for your suggestion. unfortunately "admin_city1" has also no access to users with "admin_city2". so it doesn't matter if I change the order. 

[Sergio]

Hum, I think you have a similar problem I related here: