---
title: "API_ChangeGroupInfo"
slug: "api-changegroupinfo"
updated: 2025-08-18T09:03:45Z
published: 2025-08-18T09:03:45Z
canonical: "help.quickbase.com/api-changegroupinfo"
---

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# API_ChangeGroupInfo

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## Overview

Use API_ChangeGroupInfo to modify the metadata for a group. One or more elements can be modified.

## Request parameters

| Parameter | Value | Required? |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gid | The id of the group to manage. | yes |
| name | The name of the new group. It may not contain spaces or punctuation. | no |
| description | A text description of the group. | no |
| accountId | The account that will own the group. | no |
| 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_ChangeGroupInfo. |
| 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_ChangeGroupInfo

<qdbapi>
   <udata>misc data</udata>
   <ticket>auth_ticket</ticket>
   <gid>345889.sdjl</gid>
   <name>AcmeSalesTeamLeads</name>
   <description>Team Leaders for the Acme division</description>
</qdbapi>
```

## Sample HTTP Get Request

```plaintext
https://target_domain/db/main?a=API_ChangeGroupInfo&gid=345889.sdjl 
&name=AcmeSalesTeamLeads&Team%20Leaders%20for%20the%20Acme%20division&
ticket=auth_ticket&udata=misc%20data
```

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