Querying the User Groups to Which an IAM User Belongs

Function

This API can be used by the administrator to query the groups of a specified IAM user or used by an IAM user to query their own groups.

The API can be called using both the global endpoint and region-specific endpoints.

URI

GET /v3/users/{user_id}/groups

**Table 1** URI parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
user_id	Yes	String	IAM user ID. For details about how to obtain a user ID, see Obtaining Account, IAM User, Group, Project, Region, and Agency Information.

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Parameters in the request header
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
Content-Type	Yes	String	Fill application/json;charset=utf8 in this field.
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	If the administrator is requesting to query the groups to which an IAM user belongs, see Actions. If an IAM user is requesting to query their own groups, the user token (no special permission requirements) of the user is required.

Response Parameters

**Table 3** Parameters in the response body
Parameter	Type	Description
groups	Array of objects	User group information.
links	Object	Resource link information.

**Table 4** groups
Parameter	Type	Description
description	String	User group description.
id	String	User group ID.
domain_id	String	ID of the account to which the user group belongs.
name	String	User group name.
links	Object	User group resource link.
create_time	Long	Time when the user group was created.

**Table 5** groups.links
Parameter	Type	Description
self	String	Resource link.
previous	String	Previous resource link.
next	String	Next resource link.

**Table 6** links
Parameter	Type	Description
self	String	Resource link.
previous	String	Previous resource link.
next	String	Next resource link.

Example Request

Request for querying the user groups to which an IAM user belongs

GET https://iam.myhuaweicloud.eu/v3/users/{user_id}/groups

Example Response

Status code: 200

The request is successful.

{
    "groups": [
        {
            "domain_id": "d78cbac186b744899480f25bd0...",
            "create_time": 1578107542861,
            "name": "IAMGroup",
            "description": "",
            "links": {
                "next": null,
                "previous": null,
                "self": "https://iam.myhuaweicloud.eu/v3/groups/07609e7eb200250a3f7dc003cb..."
            },
            "id": "07609e7eb200250a3f7dc003cb7..."
        }
    ],
    "links": {
        "next": null,
        "previous": null,
        "self": "https://iam.myhuaweicloud.eu/v3/users/076837351e80251c1f0fc003afe43.../groups"
    }
}

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
200	The request is successful.
400	Invalid parameters.
401	Authentication failed.
403	Access denied.
404	The requested resource cannot be found.
405	The method specified in the request is not allowed for the requested resource.
413	A resource conflict occurs.
500	Internal server error.
503	Service unavailable.