Create Group

Create Group

This documentation is for Kyvos 2026.8.x. To view documentation for other Kyvos versions, click here.

This documentation is for Kyvos 2026.8.x. To view documentation for other Kyvos versions, click here.

Overview

This API creates a new Group using the details provided.

Method: POST

Request URL: {kyvos-url}/rest/v2/groups


Authorization

API Key: sessionid

This method authenticates requests using a session ID which acts like an API key.


BasicAuth: HTTP Authorization Scheme

This method authenticates requests using a username and password sent in the HTTP Authorization header.


Headers

Header Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

Header Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

Content-Type (Required)

String

Specifies media type of request body.

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

sessionid

String

The session ID is the token received from the Login API.

Note: Session ID is required for token-based authentication.

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Request Body

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

json (Required)

String

JSON object containing the details of the Group to be created.

Note: An example JSON is provided under the Resources section below.

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Responses

200 Success

{ "code": 0, "message": "Successfully added group: Kyvos" }

Status Code

Description

Status Code

Description

401

Authorization information is missing or invalid.

404

No matching record found.

412

Precondition failed. Required parameter missing.

500

Internal Server Error


Resources

Below is an example of JSON structure which can be used as a reference for the json parameter in the request body.

{ "groupType": "NATIVE", "roles": "0", "userIds": "84903421, 84903523", "name": "Sample Group", "description": "This is a sample group." }

JSON Fields Description:

Field

Type

Description

Possible Values

Example

Field

Type

Description

Possible Values

Example

name (Required)

String

Name of the Group.

Any valid string

"sample group"

description

String

Optional description or note about the Group.

Any string

"This is a sample group."

roles

String

Comma-separated role name(s) or role ID(s) to assign to the Group. All the Users assigned to this group will follow this role.

"0": Administrator
"1": Designer
"2": Business User
"3": End User

“0"

userIds

String

Comma-separated User ID(s) to assign to the Group.

Any valid User ID(s)

"84903421", "84903523"

groupType

String

Type of the Group in Kyvos.

"NATIVE", "LDAP"

"NATIVE"

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