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# Create a new group

POST https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/groups
Content-Type: application/json

**Enterprise feature**

Create a new user group for Role-Based Access Control

Reference: https://docs.getunleash.io/api/create-group

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (required) — API key needed to access this API
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — API key needed to access this API, in Bearer token format

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a createGroupSchema.

- `name` (string, required) — The name of the group
- `description` (string, optional, nullable) — A custom description of the group
- `mappingsSSO` (list of string, optional) — A list of SSO groups that should map to this Unleash group
- `rootRole` (double, optional, nullable) — A role id that is used as the root role for all users in this group. This can be either the id of the Viewer, Editor or Admin role.
- `users` (list of CreateGroupSchemaUsersItems, optional) — A list of users belonging to this group

## Response

### 201

The resource was successfully created.

- `name` (string, required) — The name of the group
- `id` (integer, optional) — The group id
- `description` (string, optional, nullable) — A custom description of the group
- `mappingsSSO` (list of string, optional) — A list of SSO groups that should map to this Unleash group
- `rootRole` (double, optional, nullable) — A role id that is used as the root role for all users in this group. This can be either the id of the Viewer, Editor or Admin role.
- `createdBy` (string, optional, nullable) — A user who created this group
- `createdAt` (string, optional, nullable) — When was this group created
- `projects` (list of string, optional) — A list of projects where this group is used
- `userCount` (integer, optional) — The number of users that belong to this group
- `scimId` (string, optional, nullable) — The SCIM ID of the group, only present if managed by SCIM

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

The request data does not match what we expect.

- `id` (string, optional) — The ID of the error instance
- `name` (string, optional) — The name of the error kind
- `message` (string, optional) — A description of what went wrong.

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Authorization information is missing or invalid. Provide a valid API token as the `authorization` header, e.g. `authorization:*.*.my-admin-token`.

- `id` (string, optional) — The ID of the error instance
- `name` (string, optional) — The name of the error kind
- `message` (string, optional) — A description of what went wrong.

### 403 Forbidden Error

The provided user credentials are valid, but the user does not have the necessary permissions to perform this operation

- `id` (string, optional) — The ID of the error instance
- `name` (string, optional) — The name of the error kind
- `message` (string, optional) — A description of what went wrong.

### 409 Conflict Error

The provided resource can not be created or updated because it would conflict with the current state of the resource or with an already existing resource, respectively.

- `id` (string, optional) — The ID of the error instance
- `name` (string, optional) — The name of the error kind
- `message` (string, optional) — A description of what went wrong.

## Types

### CreateGroupSchemaUsersItems

A minimal user object

- `user` (CreateGroupSchemaUsersItemsUser, required) — A minimal user object

### CreateGroupSchemaUsersItemsUser

A minimal user object

- `id` (integer, required) — The user id

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "DX team"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "name": "DX team",
  "id": 1,
  "description": "Current members of the DX squad",
  "mappingsSSO": [
    "SSOGroup1",
    "SSOGroup2"
  ],
  "rootRole": 1,
  "createdBy": "admin",
  "createdAt": "2023-06-30T11:41:00.123Z",
  "projects": [
    "default",
    "my-project"
  ],
  "userCount": 1,
  "scimId": "01HTMEXAMPLESCIMID7SWWGHN7"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/groups"

payload = { "name": "DX team" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/groups';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"DX team"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/groups"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"DX team\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/groups")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"DX team\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/groups")
  .header("Authorization", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"DX team\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/groups', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "DX team"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => '<apiKey>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/groups");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"DX team\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["name": "DX team"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/groups")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```