Get group

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Get the properties and relationships of a group object.

This operation returns by default only a subset of all the available properties, as noted in the Properties section. To get properties that aren't_ returned by default, specify them in a $select OData query option. The hasMembersWithLicenseErrors and isArchived properties are an exception and aren't returned in the $select query.

Note: This request might have replication delays for groups that were recently created, updated, or deleted.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	GroupMember.Read.All	Group.ReadWrite.All, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	GroupMember.Read.All	Group.ReadWrite.All, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All

HTTP request

GET /groups/{id}

Optional query parameters

You can use $select to get specific group properties, including those that aren't returned by default. Extension properties also support query parameters as follows:

Extension type	Comments
Schema extensions	Returned only with $select.
Open extensions	Returned through the Get open extension operation.
Directory extensions	Returned by default.

For more information on OData query options, see OData Query Parameters.

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and group object in the response body. It returns the default properties unless you use $select to specify specific properties.

Example

Example 1: Return all default properties

Return all default properties.

Request

Here's an example of a GET request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/02bd9fd6-8f93-4758-87c3-1fb73740a315

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Groups["{group-id}"].GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc groups get --group-id {group-id}

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
groups, err := graphClient.Groups().ByGroupId("group-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Group result = graphClient.groups().byGroupId("{group-id}").get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let group = await client.api('/groups/02bd9fd6-8f93-4758-87c3-1fb73740a315')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->get()->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Groups

Get-MgGroup -GroupId $groupId

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').get()

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response. It includes only the default properties.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability. All the default properties are returned in an actual call.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#groups/$entity",
    "id": "02bd9fd6-8f93-4758-87c3-1fb73740a315",
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "classification": null,
    "createdDateTime": "2017-07-31T18:56:16Z",
    "description": "Welcome to the HR Taskforce team.",
    "displayName": "HR Taskforce",
    "expirationDateTime": null,
    "groupTypes": [
        "Unified"
    ],
    "isAssignableToRole": null,
    "mail": "HRTaskforce@contoso.com",
    "mailEnabled": true,
    "mailNickname": "HRTaskforce",
    "membershipRule": null,
    "membershipRuleProcessingState": null,
    "onPremisesDomainName": null,
    "onPremisesLastSyncDateTime": null,
    "onPremisesNetBiosName": null,
    "onPremisesSamAccountName": null,
    "onPremisesSecurityIdentifier": null,
    "onPremisesSyncEnabled": null,
    "preferredDataLocation": null,
    "preferredLanguage": null,
    "proxyAddresses": [
        "SMTP:HRTaskforce@contoso.com",
        "SPO:SPO_896cf652-b200-4b74-8111-c013f64406cf@SPO_dcd219dd-bc68-4b9b-bf0b-4a33a796be35"
    ],
    "renewedDateTime": "2020-01-24T19:01:14Z",
    "resourceBehaviorOptions": [],
    "resourceProvisioningOptions": [
        "Team"
    ],
    "securityEnabled": false,
    "securityIdentifier": "S-1-12-1-45981654-1196986259-3072312199-363020343",
    "serviceProvisioningErrors": [],
    "theme": null,
    "visibility": "Private",
    "onPremisesProvisioningErrors": []
}

Example 2: Return more properties by using $select

Return more properties by using $select.

Request

Here's an example of a GET request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/02bd9fd6-8f93-4758-87c3-1fb73740a315?$select=allowExternalSenders,autoSubscribeNewMembers,isSubscribedByMail,unseenCount

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Groups["{group-id}"].GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Select = new string []{ "allowExternalSenders","autoSubscribeNewMembers","isSubscribedByMail","unseenCount" };
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc groups get --group-id {group-id} --select "allowExternalSenders,autoSubscribeNewMembers,isSubscribedByMail,unseenCount"

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphgroups "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/groups"
	  //other-imports
)

requestParameters := &graphgroups.GroupItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Select: [] string {"allowExternalSenders","autoSubscribeNewMembers","isSubscribedByMail","unseenCount"},
}
configuration := &graphgroups.GroupItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
groups, err := graphClient.Groups().ByGroupId("group-id").Get(context.Background(), configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Group result = graphClient.groups().byGroupId("{group-id}").get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.select = new String []{"allowExternalSenders", "autoSubscribeNewMembers", "isSubscribedByMail", "unseenCount"};
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let group = await client.api('/groups/02bd9fd6-8f93-4758-87c3-1fb73740a315')
	.select('allowExternalSenders,autoSubscribeNewMembers,isSubscribedByMail,unseenCount')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Groups\Item\GroupItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new GroupItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = GroupItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->select = ["allowExternalSenders","autoSubscribeNewMembers","isSubscribedByMail","unseenCount"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Groups

Get-MgGroup -GroupId $groupId -Property "allowExternalSenders,autoSubscribeNewMembers,isSubscribedByMail,unseenCount" 

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.groups.item.group_item_request_builder import GroupItemRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = GroupItemRequestBuilder.GroupItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		select = ["allowExternalSenders","autoSubscribeNewMembers","isSubscribedByMail","unseenCount"],
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

Here's an example of the response that includes the requested non-default properties.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#groups(allowExternalSenders,autoSubscribeNewMembers,isSubscribedByMail,unseenCount)/$entity",
    "id": "02bd9fd6-8f93-4758-87c3-1fb73740a315",
    "allowExternalSenders": false,
    "autoSubscribeNewMembers": false,
    "isSubscribedByMail": false,
    "unseenCount": 3
}