Get member groups

• 5/31/2019
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Return all the groups that the specified user, group, or directory object is a member of. This function is transitive.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

HTTP request

POST /me/getMemberGroups
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/getMemberGroups
POST /groups/{id}/getMemberGroups
POST /directoryObjects/{id}/getMemberGroups

Request headers

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Response

If successful, this method returns 200 OK response code and String collection object in the response body.

Example

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directoryObjects/{object-id}/getMemberGroups
Content-type: application/json

{
  "securityEnabledOnly": true
}

Response

Note: The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#Collection(Edm.String)",
    "value": [
        "fee2c45b-915a-4a64-b130-f4eb9e75525e",
        "4fe90ae7-065a-478b-9400-e0a0e1cbd540",
        "e0c3beaf-eeb4-43d8-abc5-94f037a65697"
    ]
}

SDK sample code

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var securityEnabledOnly = true;

await graphClient.DirectoryObjects["{object-id}"]
	.GetMemberGroups(securityEnabledOnly)
	.Request()
	.PostAsync();

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const String = {
  securityEnabledOnly: true
};

let res = await client.api('/directoryObjects/{object-id}/getMemberGroups')
	.post(String);

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.