---
title: participantRole
framework: cloudkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: cloudkit/ckshare/metadata/participantrole
---

# participantRole

The share’s participant role for the user who retrieves the metadata.

## Declaration

```swift
var participantRole: CKShare.ParticipantRole { get }
```

## See Also

### Accessing the Participant’s Capabilities

- [participantPermission](cloudkit/ckshare/metadata/participantpermission.md)
- [participantStatus](cloudkit/ckshare/metadata/participantstatus.md)