Get user groups

GET https://smolpxl.zulipchat.com/api/v1/user_groups

Fetches all of the user groups in the organization.

Note: This endpoint is only available to members and administrators; bots and guests cannot use this endpoint.

Usage examples

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import zulip

# Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc")

# Get all user groups of the realm
result = client.get_user_groups()
print(result)

curl -sSX GET -G https://smolpxl.zulipchat.com/api/v1/user_groups \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY

Parameters

This endpoint does not accept any parameters.

Response

Return values

  • user_groups: (object)[]

    A list of user_group objects.

    • description: string

      The human-readable description of the user group.

    • id: integer

      The user group's integer ID.

    • members: (integer)[]

      The integer user IDs of the user group members.

    • direct_subgroup_ids: (integer)[]

      The integer user group IDs of the direct subgroups.

      Changes: New in Zulip 6.0 (feature level 131). Introduced in feature level 127 as subgroups, but clients can ignore older events as this feature level predates subgroups being fully implemented.

    • name: string

      User group name.

    • is_system_group: boolean

      Whether the user group is a system group which cannot be modified by users.

      Changes: New in Zulip 5.0 (feature level 93).

    • can_mention_group: integer

      ID of the user group whose members are allowed to mention the group.

      Changes: Before Zulip 8.0 (feature level 198), the can_mention_group setting was named can_mention_group_id.

      New in Zulip 8.0 (feature level 191). Previously, groups could be mentioned if and only if they were not system groups.

Example response(s)

Changes: As of Zulip 7.0 (feature level 167), if any parameters sent in the request are not supported by this endpoint, a successful JSON response will include an ignored_parameters_unsupported array.

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{
    "msg": "",
    "result": "success",
    "user_groups": [
        {
            "can_mention_group": 11,
            "description": "Owners of this organization",
            "direct_subgroup_ids": [],
            "id": 1,
            "is_system_group": true,
            "members": [
                1
            ],
            "name": "role:owners"
        },
        {
            "can_mention_group": 12,
            "description": "Administrators of this organization, including owners",
            "direct_subgroup_ids": [
                1
            ],
            "id": 2,
            "is_system_group": true,
            "members": [
                2
            ],
            "name": "role:administrators"
        },
        {
            "can_mention_group": 13,
            "description": "Characters of Hamlet",
            "direct_subgroup_ids": [],
            "id": 3,
            "is_system_group": false,
            "members": [
                3,
                4
            ],
            "name": "hamletcharacters"
        }
    ]
}