Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

AdminListGroupsForUser

Lists the groups that a user belongs to.

Note

Amazon Cognito evaluates AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies in requests for this API operation. For this operation, you must use IAM credentials to authorize requests, and you must grant yourself the corresponding IAM permission in a policy.

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Request Syntax


{
   "Limit": number,
   "NextToken": "string",
   "Username": "string",
   "UserPoolId": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Limit

The limit of the request to list groups.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 60.

Required: No

NextToken

An identifier that was returned from the previous call to this operation, which can be used to return the next set of items in the list.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 131072.

Pattern: [\S]+

Required: No

Username

The username of the user that you want to query or modify. The value of this parameter is typically your user's username, but it can be any of their alias attributes. If username isn't an alias attribute in your user pool, this value must be the sub of a local user or the username of a user from a third-party IdP.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [\p{L}\p{M}\p{S}\p{N}\p{P}]+

Required: Yes

UserPoolId

The user pool ID for the user pool.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 55.

Pattern: [\w-]+_[0-9a-zA-Z]+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "Groups": [ 
      { 
         "CreationDate": number,
         "Description": "string",
         "GroupName": "string",
         "LastModifiedDate": number,
         "Precedence": number,
         "RoleArn": "string",
         "UserPoolId": "string"
      }
   ],
   "NextToken": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

Groups

The groups that the user belongs to.

Type: Array of GroupType objects

NextToken

An identifier that was returned from the previous call to this operation, which can be used to return the next set of items in the list.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 131072.

Pattern: [\S]+

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InternalErrorException

This exception is thrown when Amazon Cognito encounters an internal error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidParameterException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service encounters an invalid parameter.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotAuthorizedException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't authorized.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service can't find the requested resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyRequestsException

This exception is thrown when the user has made too many requests for a given operation.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UserNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

The following example request returns the first two groups for the user "testuser." Note that one group has no description and another has no IAM role or precedence assigned. This operation only returns group properties that are configured.

Sample Request


POST HTTP/1.1
Host: cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
X-Amz-Date: 20230613T200059Z
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
X-Amz-Target: AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminListGroupsForUser
User-Agent: <UserAgentString>
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<Credential>, SignedHeaders=<Headers>, Signature=<Signature>
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
{
  "UserPoolId": "us-west-2_EXAMPLE", 
  "Username": "testuser", 
  "Limit": 2
}

Sample Response


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:00:59 GMT
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
x-amzn-requestid: a1b2c3d4-e5f6-a1b2-c3d4-EXAMPLE11111
Connection: keep-alive
{
	"Groups": [
		{
			"CreationDate": 1712262633.88,
			"Description": "My first example group",
			"GroupName": "MyExampleGroup1",
			"LastModifiedDate": 1712262633.88,
			"UserPoolId": "us-west-2_EXAMPLE"
		},
		{
			"CreationDate": 1611685503.954,
			"GroupName": "MyExampleGroup2",
			"LastModifiedDate": 1697211218.305,
			"Precedence": 7,
			"RoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-cognito-role",
			"UserPoolId": "us-west-2_EXAMPLE"
		}
	]
}