Instruction set for groups¶
Search/get groups¶
Retrieves a list of groups from the Nextcloud server. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups
- HTTP method: GET
- url arguments: search - string, optional search string
- url arguments: limit - int, optional limit value
- url arguments: offset - int, optional offset value
Status codes:
- 100 - successful
Example¶
$ curl -X GET http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups?search=adm
- Returns list of groups matching the search string.
XML output¶
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
  <meta>
    <statuscode>100</statuscode>
    <status>ok</status>
  </meta>
  <data>
    <groups>
      <element>admin</element>
    </groups>
  </data>
</ocs>
Create a group¶
Adds a new group. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups
- HTTP method: POST
- POST argument: groupid, string - the new groups name
Status codes:
- 100 - successful
- 101 - invalid input data
- 102 - group already exists
- 103 - failed to add the group
Example¶
$ curl -X POST http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups -d groupid="newgroup"
- Adds a new group called newgroup
XML output¶
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
  <meta>
    <statuscode>100</statuscode>
    <status>ok</status>
  </meta>
  <data/>
</ocs>
Get members of a group¶
Retrieves a list of group members. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/{groupid}
- HTTP method: GET
Status codes:
- 100 - successful
Example¶
$ curl -X POST http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/admin
- Returns a list of users in the admingroup
XML output¶
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
  <meta>
    <statuscode>100</statuscode>
    <status>ok</status>
  </meta>
  <data>
    <users>
      <element>Frank</element>
    </users>
  </data>
</ocs>
Get subadmins of a group¶
Returns subadmins of the group. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/{groupid}/subadmins
- HTTP method: GET
Status codes:
- 100 - successful
- 101 - group does not exist
- 102 - unknown failure
Example¶
$ curl -X GET https://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/mygroup/subadmins
- Return the subadmins of the group: mygroup
XML output¶
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
  <meta>
    <status>ok</status>
    <statuscode>100</statuscode>
    <message/>
  </meta>
  <data>
    <element>Tom</element>
  </data>
</ocs>
Delete a group¶
Removes a group. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/{groupid}
- HTTP method: DELETE
Status codes:
- 100 - successful
- 101 - group does not exist
- 102 - failed to delete group
Example¶
$ curl -X DELETE http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/mygroup
- Delete the group mygroup
XML output¶
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
  <meta>
    <statuscode>100</statuscode>
    <status>ok</status>
  </meta>
  <data/>
</ocs>