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Guilds → Get Guild Roles

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Overview

The node "N8N Tools Discord" is an enhanced integration for Discord's API, providing extensive support for various Discord resources and operations. Specifically, the Get Guild Roles operation under the Guilds resource retrieves all roles associated with a specified Discord guild (server). This is useful for scenarios where you want to manage or analyze roles within a guild, such as automating role-based permissions, auditing roles, or syncing roles with external systems.

Practical example:
You might use this node operation to fetch all roles in a guild to display them in a dashboard, or to automate assigning roles based on external criteria by first retrieving existing roles.

Properties

Name Meaning
Guild ID The unique identifier of the Discord guild (server) from which to retrieve the roles.

Output

The output JSON contains an array of role objects representing each role in the specified guild. Each role object typically includes properties such as role ID, name, permissions, color, position, and other metadata defined by Discord's API for roles.

No binary data output is involved in this operation.

Example output structure (simplified):

[
  {
    "id": "role_id_1",
    "name": "Admin",
    "permissions": "some_permission_value",
    "color": 3447003,
    "position": 1,
    ...
  },
  {
    "id": "role_id_2",
    "name": "Member",
    "permissions": "some_permission_value",
    "color": 0,
    "position": 2,
    ...
  }
]

Dependencies

  • Requires an active subscription and valid API key credential for the external "N8N Tools API" service.
  • The node uses this API key to validate access before making Discord API calls.
  • Proper configuration of the API key credential in n8n is necessary.
  • The node internally uses a Discord API wrapper class to perform the actual API requests.

Troubleshooting

  • Invalid subscription or API key error:
    If the node throws an error indicating invalid subscription or API key, verify that your API key credential is correctly configured and active.

  • Unknown resource or operation errors:
    These occur if the resource or operation parameters are incorrect or unsupported. Ensure you select "Guilds" as the resource and "Get Guild Roles" as the operation.

  • Network or permission issues:
    If the node cannot retrieve roles, check network connectivity and ensure the API key has sufficient permissions to access guild information.

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