[role="xpack"]
[[security-api-privileges]]
=== Privilege APIs

[[security-api-has-privilege]]

The `has_privileges` API allows you to determine whether the logged in user has
a specified list of privileges.

All users can use this API, but only to determine their own privileges.
To check the privileges of other users, you must use the run as feature. For
more information, see 
{xpack-ref}/run-as-privilege.html[Submitting Requests on Behalf of Other Users].

To check you privileges, submit a GET request to the
`_xpack/security/user/_has_privileges` endpoint:

[source,js]
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GET _xpack/security/user/_has_privileges
{
  "cluster": [ "monitor", "manage" ],
  "index" : [
    {
      "names": [ "suppliers", "products" ],
      "privileges": [ "read" ]
    },
    {
      "names": [ "inventory" ],
      "privileges" : [ "read", "write" ]
    }
  ]
}
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// CONSOLE

A successful call returns a JSON structure that shows whether each specified
privilege is assigned to the user

[source,js]
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{
  "username": "rdeniro",
  "has_all_requested" : false,
  "cluster" : {
    "monitor" : true,
    "manage" : false
  },
  "index" : {
    "suppliers" : {
      "read" : true
    },
    "products" : {
      "read" : true
    },
    "inventory" : {
      "read" : true,
      "write" : false
    }
  }
}
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// TESTRESPONSE[s/"rdeniro"/"$body.username"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/: false/: true/]