---
title: "API_AddSubGroup"
slug: "api-addsubgroup"
updated: 2025-08-18T09:02:09Z
published: 2025-08-18T09:02:09Z
canonical: "help.quickbase.com/api-addsubgroup"
---

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# API_AddSubGroup

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## Overview

Use API_AddSubGroup to embed a group into another group.

## Request parameters

| Parameter | Value | Required? |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gid | The id of the group which will contain the subgroup. | yes |
| subgroupid | The id of the group to be embedded in the target group. | yes |
| ticket | A valid authentication ticket. The authentication ticket is returned via the API_Authenticate call. | yes |
| udata | A string value that you want returned. It will not be handled by Quickbase but it will be returned in the response. | no |

## Response values

| Element Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| action | The originating request, for example, API_AddSubGroup. |
| errcode | Identifies the error code, if any. (See the [Error Codes appendix](/v1/docs/error-codes) for a list of possible error codes.) 0 indicates that no error was encountered. |
| errtext | Text that explains the error code. "No error" indicates that no error was encountered. |
| udata | Optional. Contains any udata value supplied in the request. |

## Sample XML Request

```xml
POST https://target_domain/db/main HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length:
QUICKBASE-ACTION: API_AddSubGroup

<qdbapi>
   <udata>misc data</udata>
   <ticket>auth_ticket</ticket>
   <gid>345889.sdfs</gid>
   <subgroupid>820935.ksjf</subgroupid>
</qdbapi>
```

## Sample HTTP Get Request

```plaintext
https://target_domain/db/main?a=API_AddSubGroup&gid=345889.sdfs&subgroupid=820935.ksjf&ticket=auth_ticket&udata=misc%20data
```

## Sample response

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<qdbapi>
   <action>API_AddSubGroup</action>
   <errcode>0</errcode>
   <errtext>No error</errtext>
   <udata>misc data</udata>
</qdbapi>
```