# canvas.participants.setAccess
mutation write
Use when the requested change exactly matches canvas.participants.setAccess; read the current state first when a version or identifier may have changed.
## Before calling
- Authenticate as the accountable Enhance person.
- Use only resource identifiers returned by an earlier capability result or supplied by the person.
- Reuse clientToken only when retrying this exact mutation input.
## Input
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```json
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"canvasId": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
},
"personId": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
},
"accessLevel": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"can-comment",
"can-view"
]
}
},
"required": [
"canvasId",
"personId",
"accessLevel"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
```
### Example
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```json
{
"canvasId": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000010",
"personId": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000010",
"accessLevel": "can-comment"
}
```
## Result
Returns a typed canvas.participants.setAccess result from the Enhance API without transport-specific prose.
## Recovery
- BAD_REQUEST: correct the named fields and call again.
- UNAUTHORIZED: restore Enhance authentication, then retry once.
- FORBIDDEN or NOT_FOUND: check the supplied resource and selection; do not substitute unrelated content. Ask for corrected access or scope if needed.
- CONFLICT: read the current resource, merge the intended change, and retry with its version.
- INTERNAL: run Enhance diagnostics, report the failure, and stop repeating the call.
## Continue with
- Read the affected canvas resource to confirm the result.
Compatibility: `abf12366ca181044ba9d16e5e1bcabeaa40af79f0bc14cda7eb8443d036d5678`.