User Groups

This resource lets you read the list of user groups and specific user group in YouTrack.

Resource	/api/groups
Returned entity	UserGroup. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a List of UserGroups.

UserGroup attributes

Represents a group of users.

Related Resources

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

Attributes

This table describes attributes of the UserGroup entity.

To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the fields request parameter.
To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

Field	Type	Description
id	String	The ID of the user group. `Read-only`.
name	String	The name of the group. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
ringId	String	ID of the group in Hub. Use this ID for operations in Hub, and for matching groups between YouTrack and Hub. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
usersCount	Long	The number of users in the group. `Read-only`.
icon	String	The URL of the group icon. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
allUsersGroup	Boolean	True if this group contains all users, otherwise false. `Read-only`.
teamForProject	Project	Project that has this group set as a team. Returns `null`, if there is no such project. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.

Read a List of UserGroups

Read the list of user groups in YouTrack.

Request syntax

GET /api/groups?{fields}&{$top}&{$skip}

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of UserGroup attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned.
$skip	Int	Optional. Lets you set a number of returned entities to skip before returning the first one.
$top	Int	Optional. Lets you specify the maximum number of entries that are returned in the response. If you don't set the $top value, the server limits the maximum number of returned entries. The server returns a maximum of 42 entries for most resources that return collections. For more information, see Pagination.

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of UserGroup attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the entityID is returned.

$skip

Int

Optional. Lets you set a number of returned entities to skip before returning the first one.

$top

Int

Optional. Lets you specify the maximum number of entries that are returned in the response. If you don't set the $top value, the server limits the maximum number of returned entries.

The server returns a maximum of 42 entries for most resources that return collections. For more information, see Pagination.

Sample

Sample request

                https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/groups?fields=id,name,usersCount,teamForProject(name,shortName)&$top=5
            

Sample response body

                [
                  {
                    "teamForProject": null,
                    "name": "All Users",
                    "usersCount": 7,
                    "id": "3-0",
                    "$type": "UserGroup"
                  },
                  {
                    "teamForProject": null,
                    "name": "Reporters",
                    "usersCount": 0,
                    "id": "3-1",
                    "$type": "UserGroup"
                  },
                  {
                    "teamForProject": {
                      "shortName": "SP",
                      "name": "Sample Project",
                      "$type": "Project"
                    },
                    "name": "Sample Project Team",
                    "usersCount": 3,
                    "id": "3-2",
                    "$type": "UserGroup"
                  },
                  {
                    "teamForProject": null,
                    "name": "Registered Users",
                    "usersCount": 6,
                    "id": "3-3",
                    "$type": "UserGroup"
                  },
                  {
                    "teamForProject": {
                      "shortName": "RAP",
                      "name": "Rest Api Project",
                      "$type": "Project"
                    },
                    "name": "Rest Api Project Team",
                    "usersCount": 3,
                    "id": "3-4",
                    "$type": "UserGroup"
                  }
                ]
            

Last modified: 23 April 2024