DescribeGroups - Amazon WorkDocs

DescribeGroups

Important

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Describes the groups specified by the query. Groups are defined by the underlying Active Directory.

Request Syntax

GET /api/v1/groups?limit=Limit&marker=Marker&organizationId=OrganizationId&searchQuery=SearchQuery HTTP/1.1 Authentication: AuthenticationToken

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

AuthenticationToken

Amazon WorkDocs authentication token. Not required when using AWS administrator credentials to access the API.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 8199.

Limit

The maximum number of items to return with this call.

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1.

Marker

The marker for the next set of results. (You received this marker from a previous call.)

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: [\u0000-\u00FF]+

OrganizationId

The ID of the organization.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [&\w+-.@]+

SearchQuery

A query to describe groups by group name.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 512.

Pattern: [\u0020-\uFFFF]+

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "Groups": [ { "Id": "string", "Name": "string" } ], "Marker": "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 list of groups.

Type: Array of GroupMetadata objects

Marker

The marker to use when requesting the next set of results. If there are no additional results, the string is empty.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: [\u0000-\u00FF]+

Errors

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

FailedDependencyException

The AWS Directory Service cannot reach an on-premises instance. Or a dependency under the control of the organization is failing, such as a connected Active Directory.

HTTP Status Code: 424

ServiceUnavailableException

One or more of the dependencies is unavailable.

HTTP Status Code: 503

UnauthorizedOperationException

The operation is not permitted.

HTTP Status Code: 403

UnauthorizedResourceAccessException

The caller does not have access to perform the action on the resource.

HTTP Status Code: 404

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: