Group Information
- Resource
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/chatter/groups/groupId
/connect/communities/communityId/chatter/groups/groupId
- Available version
- 23.0
- Requires Chatter
- Yes
- HTTP methods
- GET, DELETE, HEAD, PATCH
- PATCH is supported in version 28.0 later.
- DELETE is supported in version 29.0 and later.
- Request body for PATCH
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Group Input
- Root XML Tag
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<group>
- JSON
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{ "announcement" : "0D5D0000000K4XT", "canHaveChatterGuests" : "true", "description" : "This group is building a powerful API.", "information" : { "text" : "Read this section before you post to the group.", "title" : "Information" }, "isArchived" : "false", "isAutoArchiveDisabled" : "false", "name" : "Chatter API", "owner" : "00590000000DmPw", "visibility" : "PublicAccess" }
- Properties
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Name Type Description Available Version announcement String An announcement ID. An announcement displays in a designated location in the Salesforce UI until 11:59 p.m. on its expiration date, unless it’s deleted or replaced by another announcement.
31.0 canHaveChatterGuests Boolean true if this group allows Chatter customers, false otherwise. After this property is set to true, it cannot be set to false. 29.0 description String The “Description” section of the group 29.0 information Group Information Input The “Information” section of the groupIf the group is private, the “Information” section is visible only to members. The “Description” section is visible to everyone. 28.0 isArchived Boolean true if the group is archived, false otherwise. Defaults to false. 29.0 isAutoArchiveDisabled Boolean true if automatic archiving is turned off for the group, false otherwise. Defaults to false. 29.0 isBroadcast Boolean true if only group owners and managers can create posts in the group, false otherwise. Defaults to false. 36.0 name String The name of the group 29.0 owner String The ID of the group owner. This property is available for PATCH requests only. 29.0 visibility String Group visibility type. One of the following values: - PrivateAccess—Only members of the group can see posts to this group.
- PublicAccess—All users within the Experience Cloud site can see posts to this group.
- Unlisted—Reserved for future use.
29.0
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Group Information
Input
- JSON
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{ "text" : "Post questions about the API.", "title" : "API Questions" }
- Properties
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Name Type Description Available Version text String The text in the “Information” section of the group. HTML is not supported. The maximum length is 4000 characters (bytes). 28.0 title String The title in the “Information” section of the group. The maximum length is 240 characters (bytes). 28.0
- Request parameters for PATCH
-
- Response body for GET and PATCH
- Group Detail
- Example for PATCH
- This request body updates the text and title of the “Information”
section of a group:
{ "information" : { "text" : "Post questions about the API to this group. If you have the answer to a question, please post it. This is a private R&D group.", "title" : "API Questions Group" } }
- Here is the same example using request parameters:
https://instance_name/services/data/64.0/chatter/groups/groupId ?informationText=Post+questions+about+the+API+to+this+group.+If+you+have+the+answer+to+a+question%2C%20 +please+post+it.+This+is+a+private+R%26amp%3Bamp%3BD+group.&informationTitle=API+Questions+Group
- The response is a Group Detail response body.