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Overview
Use API_GrantedGroups to get the list of groups to which a user has been granted access. If the adminOnly flag is passed, then only return groups in which this user has administration privileges.
Note: The user making this call must be a Realm admin.
Request parameters
Parameter | Value | Required? |
|---|---|---|
userid | The user id. | yes |
adminonly | Only return groups where the user has admin rights. Default is FALSE. | 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_GrantedGroups. |
errcode | Identifies the error code, if any. (See the Error Codes appendix 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. |
groups | A list of the user’s groups. |
Sample XML Request
POST https://target_domain/db/main HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length:
QUICKBASE-ACTION: API_GrantedGroups
<qdbapi>
<udata>misc data</udata>
<ticket>auth_ticket</ticket>
<userid>930245.jlpw</userid>
</qdbapi>Sample HTTP Get Request
https://target_domain/db/main?a=API_GrantedGroups&userid=930245.jlpw&
ticket=auth_ticket&udata=misc%20data<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<qdbapi>
<action>API_GrantedGroups</action>
<errcode>0</errcode>
<errtext>No error</errtext>
<udata>misc data</udata>
<groups>
<group id=”1217.dgpt”>
<name>GroupInfoTestGroup</name>
<description>Demo Test Group</description>
<managedByUser>false</managedByUser>
</group>
<group id=”1218.sfdl”>
<name>AnotherGroupInfoTestGroup</name>
<description>Yet Another Demo Test Group</description>
<managedByUser>true</managedByUser>
</group>
</groups>
</qdbapi>