usergroup.create

Description

object usergroup.create(object/array userGroups)

This method allows to create new user groups.

This method is only available to Super admin user type. Permissions to call the method can be revoked in user role settings. See User roles for more information.

Parameters

(object/array) User groups to create.

Additionally to the standard user group properties, the method accepts the following parameters.

Parameter Type Description
hostgroup_rights object/array Host group permissions to assign to the user group.
templategroup_rights object/array Template group permissions to assign to the user group.
tag_filters array Tag-based permissions to assign to the user group.
users object/array Users to add to the user group.

The user must have the userid property defined.
rights
(deprecated)
object/array This parameter is deprecated, please use hostgroup_rights or templategroup_rights instead.
Permissions to assign to the user group.

Return values

(object) Returns an object containing the IDs of the created user groups under the usrgrpids property. The order of the returned IDs matches the order of the passed user groups.

Examples

Creating a user group

Create a user group Operation managers with denied access to host group "2", and add a user to it.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "usergroup.create",
           "params": {
               "name": "Operation managers",
               "hostgroup_rights": {
                   "id": "2",
                   "permission": 0
               },
               "users": [
                   {
                       "userid": "12"
                   }
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "usrgrpids": [
                   "20"
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

See also

Source

CUserGroup::create() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CUserGroup.php.