/services/v2/group.json

You can use the following parameters in your create a group request:

Body: any field of the body parameter can be used.
Other options: wrap

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Permissions & Notes:

You must have the Edit users and groups permission under Site Administration Roles in the Advanced Editor.

The location response header will contain the URL for the newly created group.

You can specify the data describing the group you are posting, both in the body of the request, or as a request parameter, with the same names as the fields in the body.

When you send data in the body of the request, the format should match the URL extension, or the value of the site's HTTP request header content-type.

If you specify data values for the same field, both on the request body and as a request or query parameters, the value of the parameters takes precedence over the value in the body.

We added this request in version 1.6.3.

Sample Request

A POST create a group request to create a group ("Marketing") with a description ("Marketing Dept.") to https://apidocs.cloud.answerhub.com using a human-readable username and password (answerhub/test123) would look like this:

curl 
-u "answerhub:test123" 
-H "Accept: application/json" 
-H "Content-type: application/json" 
-X POST 
-d '{"name":"Marketing","description":"Marketing Dept."}' "https://apidocs.cloud.answerhub.com/services/v2/group.json" -v

In the example above, there will be a new group called "Marketing" with a description of "Marketing Dept" in the admin console.

Expected Response

Successful Response:

HTTP Status 201 - Created