# How to create an external ldap role using the REST API?

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/how-to-create-an-external-ldap-role-using-the-rest-api/8842>\
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Tags:** integrations\
**Created:** [June 20, 2022, 7:17am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/how-to-create-an-external-ldap-role-using-the-rest-api/8842 "2022-06-20T07:17:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![mmartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@mmartz](https://community.sonatype.com/u/mmartz)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/how-to-create-an-external-ldap-role-using-the-rest-api/8842/2 "2022-06-20T14:28:29Z")

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It appears we don’t currently support creating external role mappings via the REST API (due to not including a source field) and at first glance I didn’t find an open ticket to add the functionality to the REST API. If you’d like this functionality added, please open a ticket on [issues.sonatype.org](http://issues.sonatype.org) against the “Dev - Nexus Repo (NEXUS)” project. That will help us track the requests for this functionality and may help get it prioritized.

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