Overview
You can use this API request to create a new group.
Information
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
Permissions & Notes:
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You must have the Edit users and groups permission under Site Administration Roles in the Advanced Editor.
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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.
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
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" -vIn the example above, there will be a new group called "Marketing" with a description of "Marketing Dept" in the admin console.
Successful Response:
- HTTP Status 201 - Created
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