Method: groups.list
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Retrieves all groups of a domain or of a user given a userKey (paginated).
HTTP request
GET https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1/groups
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Query parameters
| Parameters |
customer |
string
The unique ID for the customer's Google Workspace account. In case of a multi-domain account, to fetch all groups for a customer, use this field instead of domain. You can also use the my_customer alias to represent your account's customerId. The customerId is also returned as part of the Users resource. You must provide either the customer or the domain parameter.
|
domain |
string
The domain name. Use this field to get groups from only one domain. To return all domains for a customer account, use the customer query parameter instead.
|
maxResults |
integer
Maximum number of results to return. Max allowed value is 200.
|
orderBy |
enum (OrderBy)
Column to use for sorting results
|
pageToken |
string
Token to specify next page in the list
|
query |
string
Query string search. Should be of the form "". Complete documentation is at https: //developers.google.com/workspace/admin/directory/v1/guides/search-groups
|
sortOrder |
enum (SortOrder)
Whether to return results in ascending or descending order. Only of use when orderBy is also used
|
userKey |
string
Email or immutable ID of the user if only those groups are to be listed, the given user is a member of. If it's an ID, it should match with the ID of the user object. Cannot be used with the customer parameter.
|
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
{
"kind": string,
"etag": string,
"groups": [
{
object (Group)
}
],
"nextPageToken": string
} |
| Fields |
kind |
string
Kind of resource this is.
|
etag |
string
ETag of the resource.
|
groups[] |
object (Group)
A list of group objects.
|
nextPageToken |
string
Token used to access next page of this result.
|
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://apps-apis.google.com/a/feeds/groups/
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.group
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.group.readonly
For more information, see the Authorization guide.
OrderBy
| Enums |
EMAIL |
Email of the group. |
SortOrder
| Enums |
ASCENDING |
Ascending order. |
DESCENDING |
Descending order. |
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Last updated 2025-03-25 UTC.
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