# Admin Directory API . groups

## Instance Methods

Returns the aliases Resource.

Delete Group

Retrieve Group

Create Group

Retrieve all groups in a domain (paginated)

Retrieves the next page of results.

Update Group. This method supports patch semantics.

Update Group

### Method Details

`delete(groupKey)`

    Delete Group

    Args:
      groupKey: string, Email or immutable Id of the group (required)

`get(groupKey)`

    Retrieve Group

    Args:
      groupKey: string, Email or immutable Id of the group (required)

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # JSON template for Group resource in Directory API.
          "nonEditableAliases": [ # List of non editable aliases (Read-only)
            "A String",
          ],
          "kind": "admin#directory#group", # Kind of resource this is.
          "description": "A String", # Description of the group
          "name": "A String", # Group name
          "adminCreated": True or False, # Is the group created by admin (Read-only) *
          "directMembersCount": "A String", # Group direct members count
          "id": "A String", # Unique identifier of Group (Read-only)
          "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
          "email": "A String", # Email of Group
          "aliases": [ # List of aliases (Read-only)
            "A String",
          ],
        }

`insert(body)`

    Create Group

    Args:
      body: object, The request body. (required)
        The object takes the form of:

    { # JSON template for Group resource in Directory API.
        "nonEditableAliases": [ # List of non editable aliases (Read-only)
          "A String",
        ],
        "kind": "admin#directory#group", # Kind of resource this is.
        "description": "A String", # Description of the group
        "name": "A String", # Group name
        "adminCreated": True or False, # Is the group created by admin (Read-only) *
        "directMembersCount": "A String", # Group direct members count
        "id": "A String", # Unique identifier of Group (Read-only)
        "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
        "email": "A String", # Email of Group
        "aliases": [ # List of aliases (Read-only)
          "A String",
        ],
      }

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # JSON template for Group resource in Directory API.
          "nonEditableAliases": [ # List of non editable aliases (Read-only)
            "A String",
          ],
          "kind": "admin#directory#group", # Kind of resource this is.
          "description": "A String", # Description of the group
          "name": "A String", # Group name
          "adminCreated": True or False, # Is the group created by admin (Read-only) *
          "directMembersCount": "A String", # Group direct members count
          "id": "A String", # Unique identifier of Group (Read-only)
          "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
          "email": "A String", # Email of Group
          "aliases": [ # List of aliases (Read-only)
            "A String",
          ],
        }

`list(customer=None, domain=None, pageToken=None, maxResults=None, userKey=None)`

    Retrieve all groups in a domain (paginated)

    Args:
      customer: string, Immutable id of the Google Apps account. In case of multi-domain, to fetch all groups for a customer, fill this field instead of domain.
      domain: string, Name of the domain. Fill this field to get groups from only this domain. To return all groups in a multi-domain fill customer field instead.
      pageToken: string, Token to specify next page in the list
      maxResults: integer, Maximum number of results to return. Default is 200
      userKey: string, Email or immutable Id of the user if only those groups are to be listed, the given user is a member of. If Id, it should match with id of user object

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # JSON response template for List Groups operation in Directory API.
        "nextPageToken": "A String", # Token used to access next page of this result.
        "kind": "admin#directory#groups", # Kind of resource this is.
        "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
        "groups": [ # List of group objects.
          { # JSON template for Group resource in Directory API.
              "nonEditableAliases": [ # List of non editable aliases (Read-only)
                "A String",
              ],
              "kind": "admin#directory#group", # Kind of resource this is.
              "description": "A String", # Description of the group
              "name": "A String", # Group name
              "adminCreated": True or False, # Is the group created by admin (Read-only) *
              "directMembersCount": "A String", # Group direct members count
              "id": "A String", # Unique identifier of Group (Read-only)
              "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
              "email": "A String", # Email of Group
              "aliases": [ # List of aliases (Read-only)
                "A String",
              ],
            },
        ],
      }

`list_next(previous_request, previous_response)`

    Retrieves the next page of results.

    Args:
      previous_request: The request for the previous page. (required)
      previous_response: The response from the request for the previous page. (required)

    Returns:
      A request object that you can call 'execute()' on to request the next
      page. Returns None if there are no more items in the collection.

`patch(groupKey, body)`

    Update Group. This method supports patch semantics.

    Args:
      groupKey: string, Email or immutable Id of the group. If Id, it should match with id of group object (required)
      body: object, The request body. (required)
        The object takes the form of:

    { # JSON template for Group resource in Directory API.
        "nonEditableAliases": [ # List of non editable aliases (Read-only)
          "A String",
        ],
        "kind": "admin#directory#group", # Kind of resource this is.
        "description": "A String", # Description of the group
        "name": "A String", # Group name
        "adminCreated": True or False, # Is the group created by admin (Read-only) *
        "directMembersCount": "A String", # Group direct members count
        "id": "A String", # Unique identifier of Group (Read-only)
        "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
        "email": "A String", # Email of Group
        "aliases": [ # List of aliases (Read-only)
          "A String",
        ],
      }

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # JSON template for Group resource in Directory API.
          "nonEditableAliases": [ # List of non editable aliases (Read-only)
            "A String",
          ],
          "kind": "admin#directory#group", # Kind of resource this is.
          "description": "A String", # Description of the group
          "name": "A String", # Group name
          "adminCreated": True or False, # Is the group created by admin (Read-only) *
          "directMembersCount": "A String", # Group direct members count
          "id": "A String", # Unique identifier of Group (Read-only)
          "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
          "email": "A String", # Email of Group
          "aliases": [ # List of aliases (Read-only)
            "A String",
          ],
        }

`update(groupKey, body)`

    Update Group

    Args:
      groupKey: string, Email or immutable Id of the group. If Id, it should match with id of group object (required)
      body: object, The request body. (required)
        The object takes the form of:

    { # JSON template for Group resource in Directory API.
        "nonEditableAliases": [ # List of non editable aliases (Read-only)
          "A String",
        ],
        "kind": "admin#directory#group", # Kind of resource this is.
        "description": "A String", # Description of the group
        "name": "A String", # Group name
        "adminCreated": True or False, # Is the group created by admin (Read-only) *
        "directMembersCount": "A String", # Group direct members count
        "id": "A String", # Unique identifier of Group (Read-only)
        "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
        "email": "A String", # Email of Group
        "aliases": [ # List of aliases (Read-only)
          "A String",
        ],
      }

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # JSON template for Group resource in Directory API.
          "nonEditableAliases": [ # List of non editable aliases (Read-only)
            "A String",
          ],
          "kind": "admin#directory#group", # Kind of resource this is.
          "description": "A String", # Description of the group
          "name": "A String", # Group name
          "adminCreated": True or False, # Is the group created by admin (Read-only) *
          "directMembersCount": "A String", # Group direct members count
          "id": "A String", # Unique identifier of Group (Read-only)
          "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
          "email": "A String", # Email of Group
          "aliases": [ # List of aliases (Read-only)
            "A String",
          ],
        }