List groups

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Namespace: microsoft.graph

List all the groups in an organization, including but not limited to Microsoft 365 groups.

This operation returns by default only a subset of the properties for each group. These default properties are noted in the Properties section. To get properties that are not returned by default, do a GET operation for the group and specify the properties in a $select OData query option. The hasMembersWithLicenseErrors property is an exception and is not returned in the $select query.

Permissions

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

HTTP request

GET /groups

Optional query parameters

To list only Microsoft 365 groups (aka unified groups), apply a filter on groupTypes:

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups?$filter=groupTypes/any(c:c+eq+'Unified')

You can use the OData query option $orderby to sort groups in an organization by the displayName values, as shown in the following example:

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups?$orderby=displayName

You can also use the $count and $search query parameters to limit the response. The $search query parameter supports tokenization only on the displayName and description fields. Other fields default to $filter behavior. When items are added or updated for this resource, they are specially indexed for use with the $count and $search query parameters. There can be a slight delay between when an item is added or updated and when it is available in the index.

For more information on OData query options, see OData query parameters.

Request headers

Request body

Do not supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and collection of group objects in the response body. The response includes only the default properties of each group.

Examples

Example 1: Get a list of groups

Request

The following is an example of the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var groups = await graphClient.Groups
	.Request()
	.GetAsync();

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let groups = await client.api('/groups')
	.get();

MSHTTPClient *httpClient = [MSClientFactory createHTTPClientWithAuthenticationProvider:authenticationProvider];

NSString *MSGraphBaseURL = @"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/";
NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[MSGraphBaseURL stringByAppendingString:@"/groups"]]];
[urlRequest setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];

MSURLSessionDataTask *meDataTask = [httpClient dataTaskWithRequest:urlRequest 
	completionHandler: ^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *nserror) {

		NSError *jsonError = nil;
		MSCollection *collection = [[MSCollection alloc] initWithData:data error:&jsonError];
		MSGraphGroup *group = [[MSGraphGroup alloc] initWithDictionary:[[collection value] objectAtIndex: 0] error:&nserror];

}];

[meDataTask execute];

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

GroupCollectionPage groups = graphClient.groups()
	.buildRequest()
	.get();

Response

The following is an example of the response.

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

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

{
   "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#groups",
   "value":[
      {
         "id":"11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
         "mail":"group1@contoso.com",
         "mailEnabled":true,
         "mailNickname":"ContosoGroup1",
         "securityEnabled":true
      }
   ]
}

Example 2: Get a filtered list of groups including the count of returned objects

The following is an example of the request.

Request

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups?$count=true&$filter=hasMembersWithLicenseErrors+eq+true&$select=id,displayName
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following is an example of the response which includes only the requested properties.

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

{
   "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#groups(id,displayName)",
   "@odata.count":2,
   "value":[
      {
         "id":"11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
         "displayName":"Contoso Group 1"
      },
      {
         "id":"22222222-3333-4444-5555-666666666666",
         "displayName":"Contoso Group 2"
      }
   ]
}

Example 3: Get only a count of groups

Request

The following is an example of the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/$count
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: text/plain

893

Example 4: Use $filter and $top to get one group with a display name that starts with 'a' including a count of returned objects

Request

The following is an example of the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups?$filter=startswith(displayName, 'a')&$count=true&$top=1&$orderby=displayName
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following is an example of the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability. All 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#groups",
   "@odata.count":1,
   "value":[
      {
         "displayName":"a",
         "mailNickname":"a241"
      }
   ]
}

Example 5: Use $search to get groups with display names that contain the letters 'Video' including a count of returned objects

Request

The following is an example of the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups?$search="displayName:Video"&$count=true
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following is an example of the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability. All 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#groups",
   "@odata.count":1396,
   "value":[
      {
         "displayName":"SFA Videos",
         "mail":"SFAVideos@service.contoso.com",
         "mailNickname":"SFAVideos"
      }
   ]
}

Example 6: Use $search to get groups with display names that contain the letters 'Video' or a description that contains the letters 'prod' including a count of returned objects

Request

The following is an example of the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups?$search="displayName:Video" OR "description:prod"&$orderby=displayName&$count=true
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following is an example of the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability. All 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#groups",
   "@odata.count":1396,
   "value":[
      {
         "displayName":"SFA Videos",
         "mail":"SFAVideos@service.contoso.com",
         "mailNickname":"SFAVideos"
      },
      {
         "description":"Video Production",
         "displayName":"Video Production",
         "mail":"videoprod@service.contoso.com",
         "mailNickname":"VideoProduction"
      }
   ]
}