Group APIs

Overview

A FusionAuth Group is a named object that optionally contains one to many Application Roles.

When a Group does not contain any Application Roles it can still be utilized to logically associate users. Assigning Application Roles to a group allow it to be used to dynamically manage Role assignment to registered Users. In this second scenario as long as a User is registered to an Application the Group membership will allow them to inherit the corresponding Roles from the Group.

The following APIs are provided to manage Groups and Group Membership.

Create a Group
Retrieve a Group
Update a Group
Delete a Group
Add Users to a Group
Remove Users from a Group

Create a Group

This API is used to create a new Group.

Request

Create a Group with a randomly generated Id

URI

POST /api/group

Request Headers

X-FusionAuth-TenantId [String] Optional

The unique Id of the tenant used to scope this API request.

When only a single tenant is configured the tenant Id can be assumed and this additional header is optional. Once more than one tenant has been configured in FusionAuth the tenant Id is required for this request. The tenant Id may be provided through this header or by using a tenant locked API key to achieve the same result.

See Making an API request using a Tenant Id for additional information.

Create a Group with the provided unique Id

URI

POST /api/group/{groupId}

Request Parameters

groupId [UUID] Optional defaults to secure random UUID: The Id to use for the new Group. If not specified a secure random UUID will be generated.

Request Headers

X-FusionAuth-TenantId [String] Optional

The unique Id of the tenant used to scope this API request.

See Making an API request using a Tenant Id for additional information.

Request Body

group.data [Object] Optional: An object that can hold any information about the Group that should be persisted.
group.name [String] Required: The name of the Group.
roleIds [Array<UUID>] Optional: The Application Roles to assign to this group.

Example Request JSON

{
  "group": {
    "data": {
      "description": "This group assigns members admin access to all applications.",
      "external": {
        "createdAt": 1503000771468
      }
    },
    "name": "Company Admins"
  },
  "roleIds": [
    "68259c40-0b4e-4245-8956-7e5af0959c2b",
    "00f24e72-52e2-4f55-8ea1-6a06bfe10df5",
    "11a5b1b8-7ef5-476f-af7d-69e19796fa8b"
  ]
}

Response

The response for this API contains the Group that was created.

Table 1. Response Codes
Code	Description
200	The request was successful. The response will contain a JSON body.
400	The request was invalid and/or malformed. The response will contain an Errors JSON Object with the specific errors. This status will also be returned if a paid FusionAuth license is required and is not present.
401	You did not supply a valid Authorization header. The header was omitted or your API key was not valid. The response will be empty. See Authentication.
500	There was an internal error. A stack trace is provided and logged in the FusionAuth log files. The response will be empty.
503	The search index is not available or encountered an exception so the request cannot be completed. The response will contain a JSON body.

Response Body

group.data [Object]: An object that can hold any information about the Group that should be persisted.
group.id [UUID]: The unique Id of the Group.
group.insertInstant [Long]: The instant that the Group was added to the FusionAuth database.
group.lastUpdateInstant [Long]: The instant that the Group was updated in the FusionAuth database.
group.name [String]: The name of the Group.
group.roles [Map<UUID, List<Object>]: The roles assigned to this Group. The map key is the Application Id, the value is an array of Application Roles.
group.roles[applicationId][x].description [String]: The description of the role.
group.roles[applicationId][x].id [UUID]: The Application Role Unique Id
group.roles[applicationId][x].name [String]: The name of the Group.
group.roles[applicationId][x].isDefault [Boolean]: Whether or not the Role is a default role. A default role is automatically assigned to a user during registration if no roles are provided.
group.roles[applicationId][x].isSuperRole [Boolean]: Whether or not the Role is a considered to be a super user role. This is a marker to indicate that it supersedes all other roles. FusionAuth will attempt to enforce this contract when using the web UI, it is not enforced programmatically when using the API.

Example Response JSON

{
  "group": {
    "data": {
      "description": "This group assigns members admin access to all applications.",
      "external": {
        "createdAt": 1503000771468
      }
    },
    "id": "1188edfc-cef3-4555-910e-181ddf6153c0",
    "insertInstant": 1595361142909,
    "lastUpdateInstant": 1595361143101,
    "name": "Company Admins",
    "roles": {
      "931fded0-f917-439d-b447-d7f21b37a134": [
        {
          "id": "68259c40-0b4e-4245-8956-7e5af0959c2b",
          "isDefault": false,
          "isSuperRole": true,
          "name": "admin"
        }
      ],
      "07d1efe7-9a14-433d-8247-2235e67736f0": [
        {
          "id": "00f24e72-52e2-4f55-8ea1-6a06bfe10df5",
          "isDefault": false,
          "isSuperRole": true,
          "name": "ADMIN"
        }
      ],
      "d23e9a51-2b20-4384-9c74-432e12219aad": [
        {
          "id": "11a5b1b8-7ef5-476f-af7d-69e19796fa8b",
          "isDefault": false,
          "isSuperRole": true,
          "name": "Administrator"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Retrieve a Group

This API is used to retrieve a single Group by unique Id or all of the configured Groups.

Request

Retrieve all of the Groups

URI

GET /api/group

Request Headers

X-FusionAuth-TenantId [String] Optional

The unique Id of the tenant used to scope this API request.

The tenant Id is not required on this request even when more than one tenant has been configured because the tenant can be identified based upon the request parameters or it is otherwise not required.

Specify a tenant Id on this request when you want to ensure the request is scoped to a specific tenant. The tenant Id may be provided through this header or by using a tenant locked API key to achieve the same result.

See Making an API request using a Tenant Id for additional information.

Retrieve a Group by Id

URI

GET /api/group/{groupId}

Request Parameters

groupId [UUID] Required: The unique Id of the Group to retrieve.

Request Headers

X-FusionAuth-TenantId [String] Optional

The unique Id of the tenant used to scope this API request.

See Making an API request using a Tenant Id for additional information.

Response

The response for this API contains either a single Group or all of the Groups. When you call this API with an Id the response will contain a single Group. When you call this API without an Id the response will contain all of the Groups. Both response types are defined below along with an example JSON response.

Table 2. Response Codes
Code	Description
200	The request was successful. The response will contain a JSON body.
400	The request was invalid and/or malformed. The response will contain an Errors JSON Object with the specific errors. This status will also be returned if a paid FusionAuth license is required and is not present.
401	You did not supply a valid Authorization header. The header was omitted or your API key was not valid. The response will be empty. See Authentication.
404	The object you requested doesn’t exist. The response will be empty.
500	There was an internal error. A stack trace is provided and logged in the FusionAuth log files. The response will be empty.
503	The search index is not available or encountered an exception so the request cannot be completed. The response will contain a JSON body.

Response Body

group.data [Object]: An object that can hold any information about the Group that should be persisted.
group.id [UUID]: The unique Id of the Group.
group.insertInstant [Long]: The instant that the Group was added to the FusionAuth database.
group.lastUpdateInstant [Long]: The instant that the Group was updated in the FusionAuth database.
group.name [String]: The name of the Group.
group.roles [Map<UUID, List<Object>]: The roles assigned to this Group. The map key is the Application Id, the value is an array of Application Roles.
group.roles[applicationId][x].description [String]: The description of the role.
group.roles[applicationId][x].id [UUID]: The Application Role Unique Id
group.roles[applicationId][x].name [String]: The name of the Group.
group.roles[applicationId][x].isDefault [Boolean]: Whether or not the Role is a default role. A default role is automatically assigned to a user during registration if no roles are provided.
group.roles[applicationId][x].isSuperRole [Boolean]: Whether or not the Role is a considered to be a super user role. This is a marker to indicate that it supersedes all other roles. FusionAuth will attempt to enforce this contract when using the web UI, it is not enforced programmatically when using the API.

Example Response JSON

{
  "group": {
    "data": {
      "description": "This group assigns members admin access to all applications.",
      "external": {
        "createdAt": 1503000771468
      }
    },
    "id": "1188edfc-cef3-4555-910e-181ddf6153c0",
    "insertInstant": 1595361142909,
    "lastUpdateInstant": 1595361143101,
    "name": "Company Admins",
    "roles": {
      "931fded0-f917-439d-b447-d7f21b37a134": [
        {
          "id": "68259c40-0b4e-4245-8956-7e5af0959c2b",
          "isDefault": false,
          "isSuperRole": true,
          "name": "admin"
        }
      ],
      "07d1efe7-9a14-433d-8247-2235e67736f0": [
        {
          "id": "00f24e72-52e2-4f55-8ea1-6a06bfe10df5",
          "isDefault": false,
          "isSuperRole": true,
          "name": "ADMIN"
        }
      ],
      "d23e9a51-2b20-4384-9c74-432e12219aad": [
        {
          "id": "11a5b1b8-7ef5-476f-af7d-69e19796fa8b",
          "isDefault": false,
          "isSuperRole": true,
          "name": "Administrator"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Response Body

groups [Array]: The list of Group objects.
groups[x].data [Object]: An object that can hold any information about the Group that should be persisted.
groups[x].id [UUID]: The name of the Group.
group[x].insertInstant [Long]: The instant that the Group was added to the FusionAuth database.
group[x].lastUpdateInstant [Long]: The instant that the Group was updated in the FusionAuth database.
groups[x].name [String]: The name of the Group.
groups[x].roles [Map<UUID, List<Object>]: The roles assigned to this Group. The map key is the Application Id, the value is an array of Application Roles.
groups[x].roles[applicationId][x].description [String]: The description of the role.
groups[x].roles[applicationId][x].id [UUID]: The Application Role Unique Id
groups[x].roles[applicationId][x].name [String]: The name of the Group.
groups[x].roles[applicationId][x].isDefault [Boolean]: Whether or not the Role is a default role. A default role is automatically assigned to a user during registration if no roles are provided.
groups[x].roles[applicationId][x].isSuperRole [Boolean]: Whether or not the Role is a considered to be a super user role. This is a marker to indicate that it supersedes all other roles. FusionAuth will attempt to enforce this contract when using the web UI, it is not enforced programmatically when using the API.

Example Response JSON

{
  "groups": [
    {
      "data": {
        "description": "This group assigns members admin access to all applications.",
        "external": {
          "createdAt": 1503000771468
        }
      },
      "id": "1188edfc-cef3-4555-910e-181ddf6153c0",
      "insertInstant": 1595361142909,
      "lastUpdateInstant": 1595361143101,
      "name": "Company Admins",
      "roles": {
        "931fded0-f917-439d-b447-d7f21b37a134": [
          {
            "id": "68259c40-0b4e-4245-8956-7e5af0959c2b",
            "isDefault": false,
            "isSuperRole": true,
            "name": "admin"
          }
        ],
        "07d1efe7-9a14-433d-8247-2235e67736f0": [
          {
            "id": "00f24e72-52e2-4f55-8ea1-6a06bfe10df5",
            "isDefault": false,
            "isSuperRole": true,
            "name": "ADMIN"
          }
        ],
        "d23e9a51-2b20-4384-9c74-432e12219aad": [
          {
            "id": "11a5b1b8-7ef5-476f-af7d-69e19796fa8b",
            "isDefault": false,
            "isSuperRole": true,
            "name": "Administrator"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Update a Group

This API is used to update an existing Group.

You must specify the Id of the Group you are updating on the URI.

You must specify all of the properties of the Group when calling this API with the PUT HTTP method. When used with PUT, this API doesn’t merge the existing Group and your new data. It replaces the existing Group with your new data.

Utilize the PATCH HTTP method to send specific changes to merge into an existing Group.

Request

Update the Group with the given Id

URI

PUT /api/group/{groupId}

PATCH /api/group/{groupId}

Available since 1.12.0

When using the PATCH method, use the same request body documentation that is provided for the PUT request. The PATCH method will merge the provided request parameters into the existing object, this means all parameters are optional when using the PATCH method and you only provide the values you want changed. A null value can be used to remove a value. Patching an Array will result in all values from the new list being appended to the existing list, this is a known limitation to the current implementation of PATCH.

Request Parameters

groupId [UUID] Required: The Id of the Group to update.

Request Headers

X-FusionAuth-TenantId [String] Optional

The unique Id of the tenant used to scope this API request.

See Making an API request using a Tenant Id for additional information.

Request Body

group.data [Object] Optional: An object that can hold any information about the Group that should be persisted.
group.name [String] Required: The name of the Group.
roleIds [Array<UUID>] Optional: The Application Roles to assign to this group.

Example Request JSON

{
  "group": {
    "data": {
      "description": "This group assigns members admin access to all applications.",
      "external": {
        "createdAt": 1503000771468
      }
    },
    "name": "Company Admins"
  },
  "roleIds": [
    "68259c40-0b4e-4245-8956-7e5af0959c2b",
    "00f24e72-52e2-4f55-8ea1-6a06bfe10df5",
    "11a5b1b8-7ef5-476f-af7d-69e19796fa8b"
  ]
}

Response

The response for this API contains the Group that was updated.

Table 3. Response Codes
Code	Description
200	The request was successful. The response will contain a JSON body.
400	The request was invalid and/or malformed. The response will contain an Errors JSON Object with the specific errors. This status will also be returned if a paid FusionAuth license is required and is not present.
401	You did not supply a valid Authorization header. The header was omitted or your API key was not valid. The response will be empty. See Authentication.
404	The object you are trying to update doesn’t exist. The response will be empty.
500	There was an internal error. A stack trace is provided and logged in the FusionAuth log files. The response will be empty.
503	The search index is not available or encountered an exception so the request cannot be completed. The response will contain a JSON body.

Response Body

group.data [Object]: An object that can hold any information about the Group that should be persisted.
group.id [UUID]: The unique Id of the Group.
group.insertInstant [Long]: The instant that the Group was added to the FusionAuth database.
group.lastUpdateInstant [Long]: The instant that the Group was updated in the FusionAuth database.
group.name [String]: The name of the Group.
group.roles [Map<UUID, List<Object>]: The roles assigned to this Group. The map key is the Application Id, the value is an array of Application Roles.
group.roles[applicationId][x].description [String]: The description of the role.
group.roles[applicationId][x].id [UUID]: The Application Role Unique Id
group.roles[applicationId][x].name [String]: The name of the Group.
group.roles[applicationId][x].isDefault [Boolean]: Whether or not the Role is a default role. A default role is automatically assigned to a user during registration if no roles are provided.
group.roles[applicationId][x].isSuperRole [Boolean]: Whether or not the Role is a considered to be a super user role. This is a marker to indicate that it supersedes all other roles. FusionAuth will attempt to enforce this contract when using the web UI, it is not enforced programmatically when using the API.

Example Response JSON

{
  "group": {
    "data": {
      "description": "This group assigns members admin access to all applications.",
      "external": {
        "createdAt": 1503000771468
      }
    },
    "id": "1188edfc-cef3-4555-910e-181ddf6153c0",
    "insertInstant": 1595361142909,
    "lastUpdateInstant": 1595361143101,
    "name": "Company Admins",
    "roles": {
      "931fded0-f917-439d-b447-d7f21b37a134": [
        {
          "id": "68259c40-0b4e-4245-8956-7e5af0959c2b",
          "isDefault": false,
          "isSuperRole": true,
          "name": "admin"
        }
      ],
      "07d1efe7-9a14-433d-8247-2235e67736f0": [
        {
          "id": "00f24e72-52e2-4f55-8ea1-6a06bfe10df5",
          "isDefault": false,
          "isSuperRole": true,
          "name": "ADMIN"
        }
      ],
      "d23e9a51-2b20-4384-9c74-432e12219aad": [
        {
          "id": "11a5b1b8-7ef5-476f-af7d-69e19796fa8b",
          "isDefault": false,
          "isSuperRole": true,
          "name": "Administrator"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Delete a Group

This API is used to permanently delete a Group. Deleting a Group that has Application Roles will effectively modify User Registrations by removing these Roles from Group members.

Request

Delete a Group by Id

URI

DELETE /api/group/{groupId}

Request Parameters

groupId [UUID] Required: The unique Id of the Group to delete.

Request Headers

X-FusionAuth-TenantId [String] Optional

The unique Id of the tenant used to scope this API request.

See Making an API request using a Tenant Id for additional information.

Response

This API does not return a JSON response body.

Table 4. Response Codes
Code	Description
200	The request was successful. The response will be empty.
400	The request was invalid and/or malformed. The response will contain an Errors JSON Object with the specific errors. This status will also be returned if a paid FusionAuth license is required and is not present.
401	You did not supply a valid Authorization header. The header was omitted or your API key was not valid. The response will be empty. See Authentication.
404	The object you are trying to delete doesn’t exist. The response will be empty.
500	There was an internal error. A stack trace is provided and logged in the FusionAuth log files. The response will be empty.
503	The search index is not available or encountered an exception so the request cannot be completed. The response will contain a JSON body.

Add Users to a Group

This API is used to add Users to a Group. A User that is added to a Group is called a member, a user can belong to one to many Groups.

Adding a User to a Group can be used to logically group users, Group members can be returned by the Search API by searching by the Group Id. Application Roles may also be managed by a Group membership. When a User becomes a member of a Group they will inherit the Application Roles assigned to the Group for their registered Applications. If a User is not registered for an Application the Application Roles for that Application will not be applied to the User.

Request

Add Users to Group

URI

POST /api/group/member

Request Headers

X-FusionAuth-TenantId [String] Optional

The unique Id of the tenant used to scope this API request.

See Making an API request using a Tenant Id for additional information.

Request Body

members[groupId][x].data [Object] Optional: An object that can hold any information about the Group Member that should be persisted.
members[groupId][x].id [UUID] Optional: The unique Id of this Group Member. If not specified a secure random UUID will be generated.
members[groupId][x].userId [UUID] Required: The User Id to add as a Member of this Group.

Example Request JSON

{
  "members": {
    "1188edfc-cef3-4555-910e-181ddf6153c0": [
      {
        "data": {
          "fruit": "orange"
        },
        "userId": "00000000-0000-0001-0000-000000000000"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response

Table 5. Response Codes
Code	Description
200	The request was successful. The response will contain a JSON body.
400	The request was invalid and/or malformed. The response will contain an Errors JSON Object with the specific errors. This status will also be returned if a paid FusionAuth license is required and is not present.
401	You did not supply a valid Authorization header. The header was omitted or your API key was not valid. The response will be empty. See Authentication.
500	There was an internal error. A stack trace is provided and logged in the FusionAuth log files. The response will be empty.
503	The search index is not available or encountered an exception so the request cannot be completed. The response will contain a JSON body.

Response Body

members[groupId][x].data [Object]: An object that can hold any information about the Group Member that should be persisted.
members[groupId][x].id [UUID]: The unique Id of this Group Member. If not specified a secure random UUID will be generated.
members[groupId][x].insertInstant [Long]: The instant that this membership was created.
members[groupId][x].userId [UUID]: The User Id to add as a Member of this Group.

Example Response JSON

{
  "members": {
    "1188edfc-cef3-4555-910e-181ddf6153c0": [
      {
        "data": {
          "fruit": "orange"
        },
        "id": "47ffe8c2-920a-49cc-bfa8-b84889db615e",
        "insertInstant": 1503513015493,
        "userId": "00000000-0000-0001-0000-000000000000"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Remove Users from a Group

This API is used to remove Users from a Group. Removing a User from a Group removes their Group membership. Removing a User from a Group effectively modifies their assigned Roles if Application Roles are being managed through the Group membership.

Request

Remove a single User from a Group by Member Id

URI

DELETE /api/group/member/{memberId}

Request Parameters

memberId [UUID] Required: The unique Id of the Group Member to delete.

Request Headers

X-FusionAuth-TenantId [String] Optional

The unique Id of the tenant used to scope this API request.

See Making an API request using a Tenant Id for additional information.

Remove a single User from a Group by User Id and Group Id

URI

DELETE /api/group/member?groupId={groupId}&userId={userId}

Request Parameters

groupId [UUID] Required: The unique Id of the Group to remove the User from.
userId [UUID] Required: The unique Id of the User to remove from the Group.

Request Headers

X-FusionAuth-TenantId [String] Optional

The unique Id of the tenant used to scope this API request.

See Making an API request using a Tenant Id for additional information.

Remove all Users from a Group

URI

DELETE /api/group/member?groupId={groupId}

Request Parameters

groupId [UUID] Required: The unique Id of the Group.

Request Headers

X-FusionAuth-TenantId [String] Optional

The unique Id of the tenant used to scope this API request.

See Making an API request using a Tenant Id for additional information.

Remove Users from a Group by Member Id

URI

DELETE /api/group/member

Request Headers

X-FusionAuth-TenantId [String] Optional

The unique Id of the tenant used to scope this API request.

See Making an API request using a Tenant Id for additional information.

Request Body

memberIds [Array] Required: An array of member Ids to delete.

Example Request JSON

{
  "memberIds": [
    "222b884b-a0a1-4563-a957-89c7c0513e6e",
    "80d474bf-0dee-4009-b793-ec1255693fa3",
    "16d98a8b-4205-4441-8831-7e3f73154134"
  ]
}

Remove specified Users from a Group by Group Id

URI

DELETE /api/group/member

Request Headers

X-FusionAuth-TenantId [String] Optional

The unique Id of the tenant used to scope this API request.

See Making an API request using a Tenant Id for additional information.

Request Body

members[groupId][x] [Array] Required: An array of User Ids to remove from the Group specified by Group Id.

Example Request JSON

{
  "members": {
    "1188edfc-cef3-4555-910e-181ddf6153c0": [
      "578e52df-83e8-48ca-899b-3aefd56e7fc5",
      "0928cf95-34d1-44cc-9114-da68a07e5ff8"
    ]
  }
}

Response

This API does not return a JSON response body.

Table 6. Response Codes
Code	Description
200	The request was successful. The response will be empty.
400	The request was invalid and/or malformed. The response will contain an Errors JSON Object with the specific errors. This status will also be returned if a paid FusionAuth license is required and is not present.
401	You did not supply a valid Authorization header. The header was omitted or your API key was not valid. The response will be empty. See Authentication.
404	The object you are trying to delete doesn’t exist. The response will be empty.
500	There was an internal error. A stack trace is provided and logged in the FusionAuth log files. The response will be empty.
503	The search index is not available or encountered an exception so the request cannot be completed. The response will contain a JSON body.

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