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SP.Group object

SharePoint 2013

Represents a group on a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation website.

Last modified: March 09, 2015

Applies to: apps for SharePoint | SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Server 2013

var object = new SP.Group()

Members

The Group object has the following members.

Constructor

The Group object has the following constructor.

Constructor	Description
Group	Initializes a new instance of the SP.Group object.

Methods

The Group object has the following methods.

Method	Description
update	Updates group properties after changes have been made.

Properties

The Group object has the following properties.

Property	Description
allowMembersEditMembership	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the group members can edit membership in the group.
allowRequestToJoinLeave	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether to allow users to request membership in the group and request to leave the group.
autoAcceptRequestToJoinLeave	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the request to join or leave the group can be accepted automatically.
canCurrentUserEditMembership	Gets a value that indicates whether the current user can edit the membership of the group.
canCurrentUserManageGroup	Gets a value that indicates whether the current user can manage the group.
canCurrentUserViewMembership	Gets a value that indicates whether the current user can view the membership of the group.
description	Gets or sets the description of the group.
onlyAllowMembersViewMembership	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether only group members are allowed to view the membership of the group.
owner	Gets or sets the owner of the group which can be a user or another group assigned permissions to control security.
ownerTitle	Gets the name for the owner of this group.
requestToJoinLeaveEmailSetting	Gets or sets the email address to which the requests of the membership are sent.
users	Gets a collection of user objects that represents all of the users in the group.

Remarks

Each group contains a collection of users and has a unique identifier.

Example

The following example creates an input button on an application page that adds the current user to the visitors group on the current website.

JScript

<asp:Content ID="Main" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">
<script type="text/ecmascript" language="ecmascript">

var user;
var visitorsGroup;

function runCode() {

     var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext();
     var groupCollection = clientContext.get_web().get_siteGroups();
     // Get the visitors group, assuming its ID is 4.
     visitorsGroup = groupCollection.getById(4);
     user = clientContext.get_web().get_currentUser();
     var userCollection = visitorsGroup.get_users();
     userCollection.addUser(user);

     clientContext.load(user);
     clientContext.load(visitorsGroup);
     clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQuerySucceeded), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQueryFailed));

}

function onQuerySucceeded() {
    alert(user.get_title() + " added to group " + visitorsGroup.get_title());
}

function onQueryFailed(sender, args) {
    alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
}

</script>

    <input id="Button1" type="button" value="Run Code" onclick="runCode()" />

</asp:Content>

REST resource endpoint

See Group resource for more information.

Endpoint URI structure

http://<sitecollection>/<site>/_api/web/sitegroups(groupid)

HTTP requests

This resource supports the following HTTP commands:

MERGE

MERGE syntax

MERGE http://<sitecollection>/<site>/_api/web/sitegroups(groupid)

POST syntax

POST http://<sitecollection>/<site>/_api/web/sitegroups(groupid)

PUT syntax

PUT http://<sitecollection>/<site>/_api/web/sitegroups(groupid)