Managing roles

By managing provider and channel roles, you can control the information that developers can view and edit on the LINE Developers Console. This page describes the types of roles that can be assigned to developers registered on providers and channels.

The provider and channel each have respective roles.

Provider roles
Channel roles

Provider roles

A developer who is registered as a provider can be given either the Admin role or Member role.

It's possible to grant channel access to a developer without granting provider access. In this case, the developer's role in the provider will be "No role".

	Admin	Member	No role *1
View provider name	✅	✅	✅
View provider ID	✅	✅ *2	✅ *2
Edit provider name	✅	❌	❌
Delete provider *3	✅	❌	❌
View list of channels linked to provider	✅	❌	❌
Create a channel under provider	✅	❌	❌
Add or delete developer to/from provider	✅	❌	❌
View or edit provider role settings	✅	❌	❌

*1 Only with access to the channel linked to the provider.

*2 Cannot view the Provider settings screen, but provider ID will be included in the URL when developer selects a provider.

*3 Cannot delete a provider with existing channels.

On provider roles and channel roles

Note the following points on provider roles and channel roles:

Even with the Admin role on the provider, without channel access, you can't see detailed information of the channel that is linked to the provider
Even if you grant provider access to a developer, the developer won't automatically be given access to the channel(s) linked to the provider
When deleting a developer from the provider, even if Also delete the selected developer(s) from the channels that belong to this provider. is checked, the developer won't be deleted from the channel(s) with the status "Pending"

What is the difference between "Member" and "No role" on the provider?

Both "Member" and "No role" on the provider can only view the provider name.

If you grant the Member role to a developer on a provider, you can add the developer to a channel linked to the provider, simply by clicking Import from provider on the Roles tab of the channel.

Import from provider is only available to a developer account with the Admin role both in the channel and the provider.

Import from provider

Adding developers, editing roles, and deleting developers on provider

Follow these steps to open the Roles tab.

Select provider from the LINE Developers Console sidebar.

Click Roles tab.

Action	Steps
Add	Click Invite by email, register the email address, set the role of the developer, and then click Send invitation. The developer will receive an email with the title, "You have received an invitation to join a provider". If the developer accepts the invitation, the developer will be added to the provider.
Edit	Click Edit and then select a role from the dropdown list.
Delete	Select the checkbox next to a member's name and click Delete selected.

Channel roles

A developer can be given the Admin, Member, or Tester role on a channel. The operations that these roles can perform for each channel type are as follows:

Common to all channel types
LINE Login channel
Messaging API channel
LINE MINI App channel

Common to all channel types

Basic settings tab

	Admin	Member	Tester	No role
View Channel ID	✅	✅	✅	❌
View Region to provide the service *1	✅	❌	❌	❌
View or edit Company or owner's country or region *1	✅	❌	❌	❌
View Channel icon	✅	✅	✅	❌
Edit Channel icon	✅	❌	❌	❌
View Channel name	✅	✅	✅	❌
Edit Channel name	✅	❌	❌	❌
View Channel description	✅	✅	❌	❌
Edit Channel description	✅	❌	❌	❌
View or edit Email address	✅	❌	❌	❌
View Privacy policy URL	✅	✅	❌	❌
Edit Privacy policy URL	✅	❌	❌	❌
View Terms of use URL	✅	✅	❌	❌
Edit Terms of use URL	✅	❌	❌	❌
View App types	✅	❌	❌	❌
View Permissions	✅	❌	❌	❌
View Channel secret	✅	❌	❌	❌
View or edit Assertion Signing Key	✅	❌	❌	❌
View Your user ID *2	✅	✅	✅	❌
View or edit Require two-factor authentication *3	✅	❌	❌	❌
View or edit Localization (multi-language support) *1	✅	❌	❌	❌
View or edit Linked LINE Official Account *1	✅	❌	❌	❌
View or edit Email address permission *1	✅	❌	❌	❌
Perform Delete this channel *4	✅	❌	❌	❌
Perform Leave channel	❌	✅	✅	❌

*1 Only displayed in the LINE Login channel or the LINE MINI App channel.
*2 Only displayed in the LINE Login channel or the Messaging API channel. In either role, Your user ID won't be displayed if your Business ID that isn't linked to a LINE account. For more information, see Available features.
*3 Only displayed in the LINE MINI App channel.
*4 You can't delete the Blockchain Service channel or the LINE MINI App channel.

Roles tab

	Admin	Member	Tester	No role
View or edit Roles tab	✅	❌	❌	❌

Test on a channel set to "Developing"

Admin	Member	Tester	No role
✅	❌	✅	❌

Only the LINE Login channel, the LINE MINI App channel, and the Blockchain service channel have a status. For testing methods after you've granted Tester role to your developer account in the LINE Login channel, see How to test with a LINE Login channel with the "Developing" status.

LINE Login channel

	Admin	Member	Tester	No role
View or edit LINE Login tab	✅	❌	❌	❌
View or edit LIFF tab	✅	❌	❌	❌

Messaging API channel

	Admin	Member	Tester	No role
View or edit Messaging API tab	✅	❌	❌	❌
View LIFF tab	✅	❌	❌	❌
View or edit Security tab	✅	❌	❌	❌
View Statistics tab	✅	✅	❌	❌
View QR code *	✅	✅	✅	❌

* For developers with the Admin role, it appears under the Messaging API tab. For developers with the Member role or Tester role, it appears under the Basic settings tab.

LINE MINI App channel

	Admin	Tester	No role
View or edit Web app settings tab	✅	❌	❌
View or edit Review request tab	✅	❌	❌
View or edit Business information tab	✅	❌	❌
View or edit Contact information tab	✅	❌	❌
View or edit Service message template tab	✅	❌	❌
View LIFF URL *	✅	✅	❌

* For developers with the Admin role, it appears under the Web app settings tab. For developers with the Tester role, it appears under the Basic settings tab. Note that developers with the Tester role can view only the LIFF URL for Developing.

Adding developers, editing roles, and deleting developers on channel

Open the Roles tab of the channel on the LINE Developers Console.

Action	Steps
Add	Click Invite by email, register the email address, set the role of the developer, and then click Send inivitaion. The developer will receive an email with the title, "You have received an invitation to join a channel". If the developer accepts the invitation, the developer will be added to the channel. Click Import from provider and select previously registered members under the same provider. The role is assigned to the developer immediately after you click Import. It isn't necessary for the developer to accept your invitation.
Edit	Click Edit and select a role from the dropdown list.
Delete	Select the checkbox next to a member's name and click Delete selected.

Restrictions on adding a developer with an Admin role in Messaging API channels

If developer A is registered as an Admin in 100 Messaging API channels, developer A cannot be added as an Admin to Messaging API channels created by developer B, but can be added as a Member or Tester.

This is because it conflicts with the "LINE Official Account Manager restrictions" described in The number of channels that can be created.

"The email address entered when sending an invitation" will be used only for the invitation

The email address you enter when clicking Invite by email will be used only for an invitation to the channel. The role specified at the time of the invitation will be granted to the developer account that logs in to the LINE Developers Console after clicking Accept the invitation in the email.

"The email address entered when sending an invitation" doesn't have to be the same as "the email address of the developer account to which a role is granted". Therefore, note that a role may be unintentionally granted to a developer account that is registered with an email address different from the one used for the invitation.

Note when you receive an invitation

When receiving an invitation and granting a role to your developer account, take note of the following:

If you haven't logged in to the LINE Developers Console, log in to the LINE Developers Console with a developer account that should be given the role
If you've already logged in to the LINE Developers Console, make sure that the developer account you are logging in is the one which should be given the role