Instruction set for groups

Search/get groups

Retrieves a list of groups from the Nextcloud server. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.

Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups

  • HTTP method: GET
  • url arguments: search - string, optional search string
  • url arguments: limit - int, optional limit value
  • url arguments: offset - int, optional offset value

Status codes:

  • 100 - successful

Example

$ curl -X GET http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups?search=adm
  • Returns list of groups matching the search string.

XML output

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
  <meta>
    <statuscode>100</statuscode>
    <status>ok</status>
  </meta>
  <data>
    <groups>
      <element>admin</element>
    </groups>
  </data>
</ocs>

Create a group

Adds a new group. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.

Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups

  • HTTP method: POST
  • POST argument: groupid, string - the new groups name

Status codes:

  • 100 - successful
  • 101 - invalid input data
  • 102 - group already exists
  • 103 - failed to add the group

Example

$ curl -X POST http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups -d groupid="newgroup"
  • Adds a new group called newgroup

XML output

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
  <meta>
    <statuscode>100</statuscode>
    <status>ok</status>
  </meta>
  <data/>
</ocs>

Get members of a group

Retrieves a list of group members. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.

Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/{groupid}

  • HTTP method: GET

Status codes:

  • 100 - successful

Example

$ curl -X POST http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/admin
  • Returns a list of users in the admin group

XML output

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
  <meta>
    <statuscode>100</statuscode>
    <status>ok</status>
  </meta>
  <data>
    <users>
      <element>Frank</element>
    </users>
  </data>
</ocs>

Get subadmins of a group

Returns subadmins of the group. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.

Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/{groupid}/subadmins

  • HTTP method: GET

Status codes:

  • 100 - successful
  • 101 - group does not exist
  • 102 - unknown failure

Example

$ curl -X GET https://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/mygroup/subadmins
  • Return the subadmins of the group: mygroup

XML output

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
  <meta>
    <status>ok</status>
    <statuscode>100</statuscode>
    <message/>
  </meta>
  <data>
    <element>Tom</element>
  </data>
</ocs>

Delete a group

Removes a group. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.

Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/{groupid}

  • HTTP method: DELETE

Status codes:

  • 100 - successful
  • 101 - group does not exist
  • 102 - failed to delete group

Example

$ curl -X DELETE http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/groups/mygroup
  • Delete the group mygroup

XML output

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
  <meta>
    <statuscode>100</statuscode>
    <status>ok</status>
  </meta>
  <data/>
</ocs>