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groups<a class="headerlink" href="#instruction-set-for-groups" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1> <section id="search-get-groups"> <h2>Search/get groups<a class="headerlink" href="#search-get-groups" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2> <p>Retrieves a list of groups from the Nextcloud server. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.</p> <p><strong>Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups</strong></p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>HTTP method: GET</p></li> <li><p>url arguments: search - string, optional search string</p></li> <li><p>url arguments: limit - int, optional limit value</p></li> <li><p>url arguments: offset - int, optional offset value</p></li> </ul> <p>Status codes:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>100 - successful</p></li> </ul> <section id="example"> <h3>Example<a class="headerlink" href="#example" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ curl -X GET http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups?search=adm -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" </pre></div> </div> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>Returns list of groups matching the search string.</p></li> </ul> </section> <section id="xml-output"> <h3>XML output<a class="headerlink" href="#xml-output" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3> <div class="highlight-xml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp"><?xml version="1.0"?></span> <span class="nt"><ocs></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><meta></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><statuscode></span>100<span class="nt"></statuscode></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><status></span>ok<span class="nt"></status></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"></meta></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><data></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><groups></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><element></span>admin<span class="nt"></element></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"></groups></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"></data></span> <span class="nt"></ocs></span> </pre></div> </div> </section> </section> <section id="create-a-group"> <h2>Create a group<a class="headerlink" href="#create-a-group" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2> <p>Adds a new group. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.</p> <p><strong>Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups</strong></p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>HTTP method: POST</p></li> <li><p>POST argument: groupid, string - the new groups name</p></li> </ul> <p>Status codes:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>100 - successful</p></li> <li><p>101 - invalid input data</p></li> <li><p>102 - group already exists</p></li> <li><p>103 - failed to add the group</p></li> </ul> <section id="id1"> <h3>Example<a class="headerlink" href="#id1" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ curl -X POST http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups -d groupid="newgroup" -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" </pre></div> </div> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>Adds a new group called <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">newgroup</span></code></p></li> </ul> </section> <section id="id2"> <h3>XML output<a class="headerlink" href="#id2" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3> <div class="highlight-xml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp"><?xml version="1.0"?></span> <span class="nt"><ocs></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><meta></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><statuscode></span>100<span class="nt"></statuscode></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><status></span>ok<span class="nt"></status></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"></meta></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><data/></span> <span class="nt"></ocs></span> </pre></div> </div> </section> </section> <section id="get-members-of-a-group"> <h2>Get members of a group<a class="headerlink" href="#get-members-of-a-group" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2> <p>Retrieves a list of group members. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.</p> <p><strong>Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/{groupid}</strong></p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>HTTP method: GET</p></li> </ul> <p>Status codes:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>100 - successful</p></li> </ul> <section id="id3"> <h3>Example<a class="headerlink" href="#id3" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ curl -X GET http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/admin -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" </pre></div> </div> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>Returns a list of users in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">admin</span></code> group</p></li> </ul> </section> <section id="id4"> <h3>XML output<a class="headerlink" href="#id4" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3> <div class="highlight-xml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp"><?xml version="1.0"?></span> <span class="nt"><ocs></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><meta></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><statuscode></span>100<span class="nt"></statuscode></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><status></span>ok<span class="nt"></status></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"></meta></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><data></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><users></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><element></span>Frank<span class="nt"></element></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"></users></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"></data></span> <span class="nt"></ocs></span> </pre></div> </div> </section> </section> <section id="get-subadmins-of-a-group"> <h2>Get subadmins of a group<a class="headerlink" href="#get-subadmins-of-a-group" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2> <p>Returns subadmins of the group. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.</p> <p><strong>Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/{groupid}/subadmins</strong></p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>HTTP method: GET</p></li> </ul> <p>Status codes:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>100 - successful</p></li> <li><p>101 - group does not exist</p></li> <li><p>102 - unknown failure</p></li> </ul> <section id="id5"> <h3>Example<a class="headerlink" href="#id5" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ curl -X GET https://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/mygroup/subadmins -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" </pre></div> </div> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>Return the subadmins of the group: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mygroup</span></code></p></li> </ul> </section> <section id="id6"> <h3>XML output<a class="headerlink" href="#id6" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3> <div class="highlight-xml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp"><?xml version="1.0"?></span> <span class="nt"><ocs></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><meta></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><status></span>ok<span class="nt"></status></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><statuscode></span>100<span class="nt"></statuscode></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><message/></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"></meta></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><data></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><element></span>Tom<span class="nt"></element></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"></data></span> <span class="nt"></ocs></span> </pre></div> </div> </section> </section> <section id="edit-data-of-a-single-group"> <h2>Edit data of a single group<a class="headerlink" href="#edit-data-of-a-single-group" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2> <p>Edits attributes related to a group. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.</p> <p><strong>Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/{groupid}</strong></p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>HTTP method: PUT</p></li> <li><p>PUT argument: key, string - the field to edit:</p> <ul> <li><p>displayname</p></li> </ul> </li> <li><p>PUT argument: value, string - the new value for the field</p></li> </ul> <p>Status codes:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>100 - successful</p></li> <li><p>101 - not supported by backend</p></li> </ul> <section id="examples"> <h3>Examples<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ curl -X PUT http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/mygroup -d key="displayname" -d value="My Group Name" -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" </pre></div> </div> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>Updates the display name for the group <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mygroup</span></code></p></li> </ul> </section> <section id="id7"> <h3>XML output<a class="headerlink" href="#id7" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3> <div class="highlight-xml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp"><?xml version="1.0"?></span> <span class="nt"><ocs></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><meta></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><statuscode></span>100<span class="nt"></statuscode></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><status></span>ok<span class="nt"></status></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"></meta></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><data/></span> <span class="nt"></ocs></span> </pre></div> </div> </section> </section> <section id="delete-a-group"> <h2>Delete a group<a class="headerlink" href="#delete-a-group" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2> <p>Removes a group. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.</p> <p><strong>Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/{groupid}</strong></p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>HTTP method: DELETE</p></li> </ul> <p>Status codes:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>100 - successful</p></li> <li><p>101 - group does not exist</p></li> <li><p>102 - failed to delete group</p></li> </ul> <section id="id8"> <h3>Example<a class="headerlink" href="#id8" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ curl -X DELETE http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/mygroup -H "OCS-APIRequest: true" </pre></div> </div> <ul class="simple"> <li><p>Delete the group <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mygroup</span></code></p></li> </ul> </section> <section id="id9"> <h3>XML output<a class="headerlink" href="#id9" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3> <div class="highlight-xml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp"><?xml version="1.0"?></span> <span class="nt"><ocs></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><meta></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><statuscode></span>100<span class="nt"></statuscode></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><status></span>ok<span class="nt"></status></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"></meta></span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><data/></span> <span class="nt"></ocs></span> </pre></div> </div> </section> </section> </section> </div> </div> <footer><div class="rst-footer-buttons" role="navigation" aria-label="Footer"> <a href="instruction_set_for_users.html" class="btn btn-neutral float-left" title="Instruction set for users" accesskey="p" rel="prev"><span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-left" aria-hidden="true"></span> Previous</a> <a href="instruction_set_for_apps.html" class="btn btn-neutral float-right" title="Instruction set for apps" accesskey="n" rel="next">Next <span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-right" aria-hidden="true"></span></a> </div> <hr/> <div role="contentinfo"> <p>© Copyright 2016-2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors.</p> </div> </footer> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="rst-versions" data-toggle="rst-versions" role="note" aria-label="versions"> <span class="rst-current-version" data-toggle="rst-current-version"> ☁️ latest <span class="fa fa-caret-down"></span> </span> <div class="rst-other-versions"> <dl> <dt>☁️ Versions</dt> <dd style="width: 32%"> <a href="https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual" style="color: var(--dark-link-color);" > latest </a> </dd> <dd style="width: 32%"> <a href="https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual" > stable </a> </dd> <dd style="width: 32%"> <a href="https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/32/admin_manual" > 32 </a> </dd> <dd style="width: 32%"> <a href="https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/31/admin_manual" > 31 </a> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <script> jQuery(function () { SphinxRtdTheme.Navigation.enable(true); }); </script> </body> </html>
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