= Gerrit Code Review - /groups/ REST API

This page describes the group related REST endpoints.
Please also take note of the general information on the
link:rest-api.html[REST API].

[[group-endpoints]]
== Group Endpoints

[[list-groups]]
=== List Groups
--
'GET /groups/'
--

Lists the groups accessible by the caller. This is the same as
using the link:cmd-ls-groups.html[ls-groups] command over SSH,
and accepts the same options as query parameters.

As result a map is returned that maps the group names to
link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entries. The entries in the map are sorted
by group name.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/ HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "Administrators": {
      "id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
      "options": {
      },
      "description": "Gerrit Site Administrators",
      "group_id": 1,
      "owner": "Administrators",
      "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
    },
    "Anonymous Users": {
      "id": "global%3AAnonymous-Users",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-global%3AAnonymous-Users",
      "options": {
      },
      "description": "Any user, signed-in or not",
      "group_id": 2,
      "owner": "Administrators",
      "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
    },
    "MyProject_Committers": {
      "id": "834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7",
      "options": {
        "visible_to_all": true,
      },
      "group_id": 6,
      "owner": "MyProject_Committers",
      "owner_id": "834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
    },
    "Service Users": {
      "id": "5057f3cbd3519d6ab69364429a89ffdffba50f73",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-5057f3cbd3519d6ab69364429a89ffdffba50f73",
      "options": {
      },
      "description": "Service accounts that interact with Gerrit",
      "group_id": 4,
      "owner": "Administrators",
      "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
    },
    "Project Owners": {
      "id": "global%3AProject-Owners",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-global%3AProject-Owners",
      "options": {
      },
      "description": "Any owner of the project",
      "group_id": 5,
      "owner": "Administrators",
      "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
    },
    "Registered Users": {
      "id": "global%3ARegistered-Users",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-global%3ARegistered-Users",
      "options": {
      },
      "description": "Any signed-in user",
      "group_id": 3,
      "owner": "Administrators",
      "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
    }
  }
----

.Get all groups
****
get::/groups/
****

[[group-options]]
==== Group Options
Additional fields can be obtained by adding `o` parameters, each option
requires more lookups and slows down the query response time to the
client so they are generally disabled by default. Optional fields are:

[[includes]]
--
* `INCLUDES`: include list of direct subgroups.
--

[[members]]
--
* `MEMBERS`: include list of direct group members.
--

==== Find groups that are owned by another group

By setting `owned-by` and specifying the link:#group-id[\{group-id\}] of another
group, it is possible to find all the groups for which the owning group is the
given group.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/?owned-by=7ca042f4d5847936fcb90ca91057673157fd06fc HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "MyProject-Committers": {
      "id": "9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320",
      "options": {
        "visible_to_all": true
      },
      "description":"contains all committers for MyProject",
      "group_id": 551,
      "owner": "MyProject-Owners",
      "owner_id": "7ca042f4d5847936fcb90ca91057673157fd06fc",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
    }
  }
----

==== Check if a group is owned by the calling user
By setting the option `owned` and specifying a group to inspect with
the option `group`/`g`, it is possible to find out if this group is
owned by the calling user.

[NOTE] Earlier the `group`/`g` option was named `query`/`q`. Using
`query`/`q` still works, but this option is deprecated and may be
removed in future. Hence all users should be adapted to use
`group`/`g` instead.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/?owned&q=MyProject-Committers HTTP/1.0
----

If the group is owned by the calling user, the returned map contains
this group. If the calling user doesn't own this group an empty map is
returned.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "MyProject-Committers": {
      "id": "9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320",
      "options": {
        "visible_to_all": true
      },
      "description":"contains all committers for MyProject",
      "group_id": 551,
      "owner": "MyProject-Owners",
      "owner_id": "7ca042f4d5847936fcb90ca91057673157fd06fc",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
    }
  }
----

[[group-limit]]
==== Group Limit
The `/groups/` URL also accepts a limit integer in the `n` parameter.
This limits the results to show `n` groups.

Query the first 25 groups in group list.
----
  GET /groups/?n=25 HTTP/1.0
----

The `/groups/` URL also accepts a start integer in the `S` parameter.
The results will skip `S` groups from group list.

Query 25 groups starting from index 50.
----
  GET /groups/?n=25&S=50 HTTP/1.0
----

[[suggest-group]]
==== Suggest Group
The `suggest` or `s` option indicates a user-entered string that
should be auto-completed to group names.
If this option is set and `n` is not set, then `n` defaults to 10.

When using this option, the `project` or `p` option can be used to
name the current project, to allow context-dependent suggestions.

Not compatible with `visible-to-all`, `owned`, `user`, `match`,
`group`, or `S`.
(Attempts to use one of those options combined with `suggest` will
error out.)

.Request
----
  GET /groups/?suggest=ad&p=All-Projects HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "Administrators": {
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-59b92f35489e62c80d1ab1bf0c2d17843038df8b",
      "options": {},
      "description": "Gerrit Site Administrators",
      "group_id": 1,
      "owner": "Administrators",
      "owner_id": "59b92f35489e62c80d1ab1bf0c2d17843038df8b",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000",
      "id": "59b92f35489e62c80d1ab1bf0c2d17843038df8b"
    }
  }
----

Regex(r)::
Limit the results to those groups that match the specified regex.
+
Boundary matchers '^' and '$' are implicit. For example: the regex 'test.*' will
match any groups that start with 'test' and regex '.*test' will match any
group that end with 'test'.
+
The match is case sensitive.
+
List all groups that match regex `test.*group`:
+
.Request
----
  GET /groups/?r=test.*group HTTP/1.0
----
+
.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "test/some-group": {
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-59b92f35489e62c80d1ab1bf0c2d17843038df8b",
      "options": {},
      "description": "Gerrit Site Administrators",
      "group_id": 1,
      "owner": "Administrators",
      "owner_id": "59b92f35489e62c80d1ab1bf0c2d17843038df8b",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000",
      "id": "59b92f35489e62c80d1ab1bf0c2d17843038df8b"
    }
    "test/some-other-group": {
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-99b92f35489e62c80d1ab1bf0c2d17843038df8b",
      "options": {},
      "description": "Gerrit Site Administrators",
      "group_id": 1,
      "owner": "Administrators",
      "owner_id": "99b92f35489e62c80d1ab1bf0c2d17843038df8b",
      "created_on": "2014-02-01 09:59:32.126000000",
      "id": "99b92f35489e62c80d1ab1bf0c2d17843038df8b"
    }
  }

----

Substring(m)::
Limit the results to those groups that match the specified substring.
+
The match is case insensitive.
+
List all groups that match substring `test/`:
+
.Request
----
  GET /groups/?m=test%2F HTTP/1.0
----
+
.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "test/test": {
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-786a95e85f9a2223a96545f10003f396aba871f2",
      "options": {},
      "group_id": 15,
      "owner": "test/test",
      "owner_id": "786a95e85f9a2223a96545f10003f396aba871f2",
      "created_on": "2017-07-11 13:56:24.000000000",
      "id": "786a95e85f9a2223a96545f10003f396aba871f2"
    }
  }
----

[[query-groups]]
=== Query Groups
--
'GET /groups/?query=<query>'
--

Queries internal groups visible to the caller. The
link:user-search-groups.html#_search_operators[query string] must be
provided by the `query` parameter. The `start` and `limit` parameters
can be used to skip/limit results.

As result a list of link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entities is returned.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/?query=inname:test HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-68236a40ca78de8be630312d8ba50250bc5638ae",
      "options": {},
      "description": "Group for running tests on MyProject",
      "group_id": 20,
      "owner": "MyProject-Test-Group",
      "owner_id": "59b92f35489e62c80d1ab1bf0c2d17843038df8b",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000",
      "id": "68236a40ca78de8be630312d8ba50250bc5638ae"
    },
    {
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-99a534526313324a2667025c3f4e089199b736aa",
      "options": {},
      "description": "Testers for ProjectX",
      "group_id": 17,
      "owner": "ProjectX-Testers",
      "owner_id": "59b92f35489e62c80d1ab1bf0c2d17843038df8b",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000",
      "id": "99a534526313324a2667025c3f4e089199b736aa"
    }
  ]
----

If the number of groups matching the query exceeds either the internal
limit or a supplied `limit` query parameter, the last group object has
a `_more_groups: true` JSON field set.

[[group-query-limit]]
==== Group Limit
The `/groups/?query=<query>` URL also accepts a limit integer in the
`limit` parameter. This limits the results to `limit` groups.

Query the first 25 groups in group list.
----
  GET /groups/?query=<query>&limit=25 HTTP/1.0
----

The `/groups/` URL also accepts a start integer in the `start`
parameter. The results will skip `start` groups from group list.

Query 25 groups starting from index 50.
----
  GET /groups/?query=<query>&limit=25&start=50 HTTP/1.0
----

[[group-query-options]]
==== Group Options
Additional fields can be obtained by adding `o` parameters. Each option
requires more lookups and slows down the query response time to the
client so they are generally disabled by default. The supported fields
are described in the context of the link:#group-options[List Groups]
REST endpoint.

[[get-group]]
=== Get Group
--
'GET /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]'
--

Retrieves a group.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389 HTTP/1.0
----

As response a link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entity is returned that
describes the group.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "name": "Administrators",
    "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "options": {
    },
    "description": "Gerrit Site Administrators",
    "group_id": 1,
    "owner": "Administrators",
    "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
  }
----

[[create-group]]
=== Create Group
--
'PUT /groups/link:#group-name[\{group-name\}]'
--

Creates a new Gerrit internal group.

In the request body additional data for the group can be provided as
link:#group-input[GroupInput].

.Request
----
  PUT /groups/MyProject-Committers HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "description": "contains all committers for MyProject",
    "visible_to_all": true,
    "owner": "MyProject-Owners",
    "owner_id": "7ca042f4d5847936fcb90ca91057673157fd06fc"
  }
----

As response the link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entity is returned that
describes the created group.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "id": "9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320",
    "name": "MyProject-Committers",
    "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320",
    "options": {
      "visible_to_all": true
    },
    "description":"contains all committers for MyProject",
    "group_id": 551,
    "owner": "MyProject-Owners",
    "owner_id": "7ca042f4d5847936fcb90ca91057673157fd06fc",
    "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
  }
----

If the group creation fails because the name is already in use, or the
UUID was specified and the UUID is already in use, the response is
"`409 Conflict`".

[[get-group-detail]]
=== Get Group Detail
--
'GET /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/detail'
--

Retrieves a group with the direct link:#members[members] and the
directly link:#includes[included groups].

.Request
----
  GET /groups/6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389/detail HTTP/1.0
----

As response a link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entity is returned that
describes the group.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "name": "Administrators",
    "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "options": {
    },
    "description": "Gerrit Site Administrators",
    "group_id": 1,
    "owner": "Administrators",
    "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000",
    "members": [
      {
        "_account_id": 1000097,
        "name": "Jane Roe",
        "email": "jane.roe@example.com",
        "username": "jane"
      },
      {
        "_account_id": 1000096,
        "name": "John Doe",
        "email": "john.doe@example.com"
        "username": "john"
      }
    ],
    "includes": []
  }
----

[[get-group-name]]
=== Get Group Name
--
'GET /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/name'
--

Retrieves the name of a group.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320/name HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "MyProject-Committers"
----

[[rename-group]]
=== Rename Group
--
'PUT /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/name'
--

Renames a Gerrit internal group.

The new group name must be provided in the request body.

This endpoint is only allowed for Gerrit internal groups; attempting to call on a
non-internal group will return 405 Method Not Allowed.

.Request
----
  PUT /groups/MyProject-Committers/name HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "name": "My-Project-Committers"
  }
----

As response the new group name is returned.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "My-Project-Committers"
----

If renaming the group fails because the new name is already in use the
response is "`409 Conflict`".

[[get-group-description]]
=== Get Group Description
--
'GET /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/description'
--

Retrieves the description of a group.

This endpoint is only allowed for Gerrit internal groups; attempting to call on a
non-internal group will return 405 Method Not Allowed.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320/description HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "contains all committers for MyProject"
----

If the group does not have a description an empty string is returned.

[[set-group-description]]
=== Set Group Description
--
'PUT /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/description'
--

Sets the description of a Gerrit internal group.

The new group description must be provided in the request body.

This endpoint is only allowed for Gerrit internal groups; attempting to call on a
non-internal group will return 405 Method Not Allowed.

.Request
----
  PUT /groups/9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320/description HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "description": "The committers of MyProject."
  }
----

As response the new group description is returned.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "The committers of MyProject."
----

If the description was deleted the response is "`204 No Content`".

[[delete-group-description]]
=== Delete Group Description
--
'DELETE /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/description'
--

Deletes the description of a Gerrit internal group.

.Request
----
  DELETE /groups/9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320/description HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
----

[[get-group-options]]
=== Get Group Options
--
'GET /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/options'
--

Retrieves the options of a group.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320/options HTTP/1.0
----

As response a link:#group-options-info[GroupOptionsInfo] entity is
returned that describes the options of the group.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "visible_to_all": true
  }
----

[[set-group-options]]
=== Set Group Options
--
'PUT /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/options'
--

Sets the options of a Gerrit internal group.

The new group options must be provided in the request body as a
link:#group-options-input[GroupOptionsInput] entity.

This endpoint is only allowed for Gerrit internal groups; attempting to call on a
non-internal group will return 405 Method Not Allowed.

.Request
----
  PUT /groups/9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320/options HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "visible_to_all": true
  }
----

As response the new group options are returned as a
link:#group-options-info[GroupOptionsInfo] entity.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "visible_to_all": true
  }
----

[[get-group-owner]]
=== Get Group Owner
--
'GET /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/owner'
--

Retrieves the owner group of a Gerrit internal group.

This endpoint is only allowed for Gerrit internal groups; attempting to call on a
non-internal group will return 405 Method Not Allowed.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320/owner HTTP/1.0
----

As response a link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entity is returned that
describes the owner group.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "name": "Administrators",
    "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "options": {
    },
    "description": "Gerrit Site Administrators",
    "group_id": 1,
    "owner": "Administrators",
    "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
  }
----

[[set-group-owner]]
=== Set Group Owner
--
'PUT /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/owner'
--

Sets the owner group of a Gerrit internal group.

The new owner group must be provided in the request body.

The new owner can be specified by name, by group UUID or by the legacy
numeric group ID.

This endpoint is only allowed for Gerrit internal groups; attempting to call on a
non-internal group will return 405 Method Not Allowed.

.Request
----
  PUT /groups/9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320/owner HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "owner": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389"
  }
----

As response a link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entity is returned that
describes the new owner group.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "name": "Administrators",
    "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "options": {
    },
    "description": "Gerrit Site Administrators",
    "group_id": 1,
    "owner": "Administrators",
    "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
  }
----

[[get-audit-log]]
=== Get Audit Log
--
'GET /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/log.audit'
--

Gets the audit log of a Gerrit internal group.

This endpoint is only allowed for Gerrit internal groups; attempting to call on a
non-internal group will return 405 Method Not Allowed.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/9999c971bb4ab872aab759d8c49833ee6b9ff320/log.audit HTTP/1.0
----

As response a list of link:#group-audit-event-info[GroupAuditEventInfo]
entities is returned that describes the audit events of the group. The
returned audit events are sorted by date in reverse order so that the
newest audit event comes first.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "member": {
        "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-fdda826a0815859ab48d22a05a43472f0f55f89a",
        "options": {},
        "group_id": 3,
        "owner": "Administrators",
        "owner_id": "e56678641565e7f59dd5c6878f5bcbc842bf150a",
        "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000",
        "id": "fdda826a0815859ab48d22a05a43472f0f55f89a",
        "name": "MyGroup"
      },
      "type": "REMOVE_GROUP",
      "user": {
        "_account_id": 1000000,
        "name": "Administrator",
        "email": "admin@example.com",
        "username": "admin"
      },
      "date": "2015-07-03 09:22:26.348000000"
    },
    {
      "member": {
        "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-fdda826a0815859ab48d22a05a43472f0f55f89a",
        "options": {},
        "group_id": 3,
        "owner": "Administrators",
        "owner_id": "e56678641565e7f59dd5c6878f5bcbc842bf150a",
        "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000",
        "id": "fdda826a0815859ab48d22a05a43472f0f55f89a",
        "name": "MyGroup"
      },
      "type": "ADD_GROUP",
      "user": {
        "_account_id": 1000000,
        "name": "Administrator",
        "email": "admin@example.com",
        "username": "admin"
      },
      "date": "2015-07-03 08:43:36.592000000"
    },
    {
      "member": {
        "_account_id": 1000000,
        "name": "Administrator",
        "email": "admin@example.com",
        "username": "admin"
      },
      "type": "ADD_USER",
      "user": {
        "_account_id": 1000001,
        "name": "John Doe",
        "email": "john.doe@example.com",
        "username": "jdoe"
      },
      "date": "2015-07-01 13:36:36.602000000"
    }
  ]
----

[[index-group]]
=== Index Group
--
'POST /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/index'
--

Adds or updates the internal group in the secondary index.

.Request
----
  POST /groups/fdda826a0815859ab48d22a05a43472f0f55f89a/index HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
----

[[group-member-endpoints]]
== Group Member Endpoints

[[group-members]]
=== List Group Members
--
'GET /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/members/'
--

Lists the direct members of a Gerrit internal group.

As result a list of detailed link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-info[
AccountInfo] entries is returned. The entries in the list are sorted by
full name, preferred email and id.

This endpoint is only allowed for Gerrit internal groups; attempting to call on a
non-internal group will return 405 Method Not Allowed.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7/members/ HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "_account_id": 1000097,
      "name": "Jane Roe",
      "email": "jane.roe@example.com",
      "username": "jane"
    },
    {
      "_account_id": 1000096,
      "name": "John Doe",
      "email": "john.doe@example.com",
      "username": "john"
    }
  ]
----

.Get all members of the 'Administrators' group (normally group id = 1)
****
get::/groups/1/members/
****

To resolve the included groups of a group recursively and to list all
members the parameter `recursive` can be set.

Members from included external groups and from included groups which
are not visible to the calling user are ignored.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7/members/?recursive HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "_account_id": 1000097,
      "name": "Jane Roe",
      "email": "jane.roe@example.com",
      "username": "jane"
    },
    {
      "_account_id": 1000096,
      "name": "John Doe",
      "email": "john.doe@example.com",
      "username": "john"
    },
    {
      "_account_id": 1000098,
      "name": "Richard Roe",
      "email": "richard.roe@example.com",
      "username": "rroe"
    }
  ]
----

[[get-group-member]]
=== Get Group Member
--
'GET /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/members/link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-id[\{account-id\}]'
--

Retrieves a group member.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7/members/1000096 HTTP/1.0
----

As response a detailed link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-info[
AccountInfo] entity is returned that describes the group member.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "_account_id": 1000096,
    "name": "John Doe",
    "email": "john.doe@example.com",
    "username": "john"
  }
----

[[add-group-member]]
=== Add Group Member
--
'PUT /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/members/link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-id[\{account-id\}]'
--

Adds a user as member to a Gerrit internal group.

This endpoint is only allowed for Gerrit internal groups; attempting to call on a
non-internal group will return 405 Method Not Allowed.

.Request
----
  PUT /groups/MyProject-Committers/members/John%20Doe HTTP/1.0
----

As response a detailed link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-info[
AccountInfo] entity is returned that describes the group member.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "_account_id": 1000037,
    "name": "John Doe",
    "email": "john.doe@example.com",
    "username": "john"
  }
----

The request also succeeds if the user is already a member of this
group, but then the HTTP response code is `200 OK`.

=== Add Group Members
--
'POST /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/members'
--

OR

--
'POST /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/members.add'
--

Adds one or several users to a Gerrit internal group.

The users to be added to the group must be provided in the request body
as a link:#members-input[MembersInput] entity.

.Request
----
  POST /groups/MyProject-Committers/members.add HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "members": [
      "jane.roe@example.com",
      "john.doe@example.com"
    ]
  }
----

As response a list of detailed link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-info[
AccountInfo] entities is returned that describes the group members that
were specified in the link:#members-input[MembersInput]. An
link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-info[AccountInfo] entity
is returned for each user specified in the input, independently of
whether the user was newly added to the group or whether the user was
already a member of the group.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "_account_id": 1000057,
      "name": "Jane Roe",
      "email": "jane.roe@example.com",
      "username": "jane"
    },
    {
      "_account_id": 1000037,
      "name": "John Doe",
      "email": "john.doe@example.com",
      "username": "john"
    }
  ]
----

[[remove-group-member]]
=== Remove Group Member
--
'DELETE /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/members/link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-id[\{account-id\}]'
--

Removes a user from a Gerrit internal group.

This endpoint is only allowed for Gerrit internal groups; attempting to call on a
non-internal group will return 405 Method Not Allowed.

.Request
----
  DELETE /groups/MyProject-Committers/members/John%20Doe HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
----

[[remove-group-members]]
=== Remove Group Members
--
'POST /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/members.delete'
--

Removes one or several users from a Gerrit internal group.

The users to be removed from the group must be provided in the request
body as a link:#members-input[MembersInput] entity.

.Request
----
  POST /groups/MyProject-Committers/members.delete HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "members": [
      "jane.roe@example.com",
      "john.doe@example.com"
    ]
  }
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
----

[[subgroup-endpoints]]
== Subgroup Endpoints

[[list-subgroups]]
=== List Subgroups
--
'GET /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/groups/'
--

Lists the direct subgroups of a group.

As result a list of link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entries is returned.
The entries in the list are sorted by group name and UUID.

This endpoint is only allowed for Gerrit internal groups; attempting to call on a
non-internal group will return 405 Method Not Allowed.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7/groups/ HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "id": "7ca042f4d5847936fcb90ca91057673157fd06fc",
      "name": "MyProject-Verifiers",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-7ca042f4d5847936fcb90ca91057673157fd06fc",
      "options": {
      },
      "group_id": 38,
      "owner": "MyProject-Verifiers",
      "owner_id": "7ca042f4d5847936fcb90ca91057673157fd06fc",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
    }
  ]
----

[[get-subgroup]]
=== Get Subgroup
--
'GET /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]'
--

Retrieves a subgroup.

.Request
----
  GET /groups/834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7/groups/7ca042f4d5847936fcb90ca91057673157fd06fc HTTP/1.0
----

As response a link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entity is returned that
describes the subgroup.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "id": "7ca042f4d5847936fcb90ca91057673157fd06fc",
    "name": "MyProject-Verifiers",
    "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-7ca042f4d5847936fcb90ca91057673157fd06fc",
    "options": {
    },
    "group_id": 38,
    "owner": "Administrators",
    "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
  }
----

[[add-subgroup]]
=== Add Subgroup
--
'PUT /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]'
--

Adds an internal or external group as subgroup to a Gerrit internal group.
External groups must be specified using the UUID.

This endpoint is only allowed for Gerrit internal groups; attempting to call on a
non-internal group will return 405 Method Not Allowed.

.Request
----
  PUT /groups/MyProject-Committers/groups/MyGroup HTTP/1.0
----

As response a link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entity is returned that
describes the subgroup.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "name": "MyGroup",
    "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "options": {
    },
    "group_id": 8,
    "owner": "Administrators",
    "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
    "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
  }
----

The request also succeeds if the group is already a subgroup of this
group.

[[add-subgroups]]
=== Add Subgroups
--
'POST /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/groups'
--

OR

--
'POST /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/groups.add'
--

Adds one or several groups as subgroups to a Gerrit internal group.

The subgroups to be added must be provided in the request body as a
link:#groups-input[GroupsInput] entity.

.Request
----
  POST /groups/MyProject-Committers/groups.add HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "groups": [
      "MyGroup",
      "MyOtherGroup"
    ]
  }
----

As response a list of link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entities is
returned that describes the groups that were specified in the
link:#groups-input[GroupsInput]. A link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entity
is returned for each group specified in the input, independently of
whether the group was newly added as subgroup or whether the
group was already a subgroup of the group.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
      "name": "MyGroup",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
      "options": {
      },
      "group_id": 8,
      "owner": "Administrators",
      "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
    },
    {
      "id": "5057f3cbd3519d6ab69364429a89ffdffba50f73",
      "name": "MyOtherGroup",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-5057f3cbd3519d6ab69364429a89ffdffba50f73",
      "options": {
      },
      "group_id": 10,
      "owner": "MyOtherGroup",
      "owner_id": "5057f3cbd3519d6ab69364429a89ffdffba50f73",
      "created_on": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000"
    }
  ]
----

[[remove-subgroup]]
=== Remove Subgroup
--
'DELETE /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]'
--

Removes a subgroup from a Gerrit internal group.

This endpoint is only allowed for Gerrit internal groups; attempting to call on a
non-internal group will return 405 Method Not Allowed.

.Request
----
  DELETE /groups/MyProject-Committers/groups/MyGroup HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
----

[[remove-subgroups]]
=== Remove Subgroups
--
'POST /groups/link:#group-id[\{group-id\}]/groups.delete'
--

Removes one or several subgroups from a Gerrit internal group.

The subgroups to be removed must be provided in the request body as a
link:#groups-input[GroupsInput] entity.

.Request
----
  POST /groups/MyProject-Committers/groups.delete HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "groups": [
      "MyGroup",
      "MyOtherGroup"
    ]
  }
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
----


[[ids]]
== IDs

[[group-id]]
=== \{group-id\}
Identifier for a group.

This can be:

* the UUID of the group
* the legacy numeric ID of the group
* the name of the group if it is unique

[[group-name]]
=== \{group-name\}
Group name that uniquely identifies one group.


[[json-entities]]
== JSON Entities

[[group-audit-event-info]]
=== GroupAuditEventInfo
The `GroupAuditEventInfo` entity contains information about an audit
event of a group.

[options="header",cols="1,6"]
|======================
|Field Name|Description
|`member`  |
The group member that is added/removed. If `type` is `ADD_USER` or
`REMOVE_USER` the member is returned as detailed
link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-info[AccountInfo] entity, if `type`
is `ADD_GROUP` or `REMOVE_GROUP` the member is returned as
link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entity. Note that the `name` in
link:#group-info[GroupInfo] will not be set if the member group is not
available.
|`type`    |
The event type, can be: `ADD_USER`, `REMOVE_USER`, `ADD_GROUP` or
`REMOVE_GROUP`.

`ADD_USER`: A user was added as member to the group.

`REMOVE_USER`: A user member was removed from the group.

`ADD_GROUP`: A group was included as member in the group.

`REMOVE_GROUP`: An included group was removed from the group.
|`user`    |
The user that did the add/remove as detailed
link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-info[AccountInfo] entity.
|`date`    |
The timestamp of the event.
|======================

[[group-info]]
=== GroupInfo
The `GroupInfo` entity contains information about a group. This can be
a Gerrit internal group, or an external group that is known to Gerrit.

[options="header",cols="1,^1,5"]
|===========================
|Field Name    ||Description
|`id`          ||The URL encoded UUID of the group.
|`name`        |
optional, not set if returned in a map where the group name is used as map key|
The name of the group. +
For external groups the group name is missing if there is no group
backend that can resolve the group UUID. E.g. this can happen when a
plugin that provided a group backend was uninstalled.
|`url`         |optional|
URL to information about the group. Typically a URL to a web page that
permits users to apply to join the group, or manage their membership.
|`options`     ||link:#group-options-info[Options of the group]
|`description` |only for internal groups|The description of the group.
|`group_id`    |only for internal groups|The numeric ID of the group.
|`owner`       |only for internal groups|The name of the owner group.
|`owner_id`    |only for internal groups|The URL encoded UUID of the owner group.
|`created_on`  |only for internal groups|The
link:rest-api.html#timestamp[timestamp] of when the group was created.
|`_more_groups`|optional, only for internal groups, not set if `false`|
Whether the query would deliver more results if not limited. +
Only set on the last group that is returned by a
link:#query-groups[group query].
|`members`     |optional, only for internal groups|
A list of link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-info[AccountInfo]
entities describing the direct members. +
Only set if link:#members[members] are requested.
|`includes`    |optional, only for internal groups|
A list of link:#group-info[GroupInfo] entities describing the direct
subgroups. +
Only set if link:#includes[subgroups] are requested.
|===========================

The type of a group can be deduced from the group's UUID:
|============
|UUID matches "^[0-9a-f]\{40\}$"|Gerrit internal group
|UUID starts with "global:"|Gerrit system group
|UUID starts with "ldap:"|LDAP group
|UUID starts with "<prefix>:"|other external group
|============

[[group-input]]
=== GroupInput
The 'GroupInput' entity contains information for the creation of
a new internal group.

[options="header",cols="1,^1,5"]
|===========================
|Field Name      ||Description
|`name`          |optional|The name of the group (not encoded). +
If set, must match the group name in the URL.
|`uuid`          |optional|The UUID of the group.
|`description`   |optional|The description of the group.
|`visible_to_all`|optional|
Whether the group is visible to all registered users. +
`false` if not set.
|`owner_id`      |optional|The URL encoded ID of the owner group. +
This can be a group UUID, a legacy numeric group ID or a unique group
name. +
If not set, the new group will be self-owned.
|`members`       |optional|The initial members in a list of +
link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-id[account ids].
|===========================

[[group-options-info]]
=== GroupOptionsInfo
Options of the group.

[options="header",cols="1,^1,5"]
|=============================
|Field Name      ||Description
|`visible_to_all`|not set if `false`|
Whether the group is visible to all registered users.
|=============================

[[group-options-input]]
=== GroupOptionsInput
New options for a group.

[options="header",cols="1,^1,5"]
|=============================
|Field Name      ||Description
|`visible_to_all`|not set if `false`|
Whether the group is visible to all registered users.
|=============================

[[groups-input]]
=== GroupsInput
The `GroupsInput` entity contains information about groups that should
be included into a group or that should be deleted from a group.

[options="header",cols="1,^1,5"]
|==========================
|Field Name   ||Description
|`_one_group` |optional|
The link:#group-id[id] of one group that should be included or deleted.
|`groups`     |optional|
A list of link:#group-id[group ids] that identify the groups that
should be included or deleted.
|==========================

[[members-input]]
=== MembersInput
The `MembersInput` entity contains information about accounts that should
be added as members to a group or that should be deleted from the group.

[options="header",cols="1,^1,5"]
|==========================
|Field Name   ||Description
|`_one_member`|optional|
The link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-id[id] of one account that
should be added or deleted.
|`members`    |optional|
A list of link:rest-api-accounts.html#account-id[account ids] that
identify the accounts that should be added or deleted.
|==========================


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