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Creating a Group

Function

This API is used to create an IAM Identity Center group in the specified identity source. It can be called only from the organization's management account or from a delegated administrator account of a cloud service.

URI

POST /v1/identity-stores/{identity_store_id}/groups

Table 1 Path parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

identity_store_id

Yes

String

Globally unique ID of an identity source.

Minimum length: 12

Maximum length: 12

Request Parameters

Table 2 Parameters in the request header

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Security-Token

No

String

Security token (session token) of your temporary security credentials. If a temporary security credential is used, this header is required.

Maximum length: 2048
Table 3 Parameters in the request body

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

description

No

String

Group description.

Minimum length: 0

Maximum length: 1024

display_name

Yes

String

Display name of a group.

Minimum length: 1

Maximum length: 1024

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

Table 4 Parameters in the response body

Parameter

Type

Description

group_id

String

Globally unique ID of an IAM Identity Center group in the identity source.

Minimum length: 1

Maximum length: 47

identity_store_id

String

Globally unique ID of an identity source.

Minimum length: 1

Maximum length: 36

Status code: 400

Table 5 Parameters in the response body

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

request_id

String

Request ID.

encoded_authorization_message

String

Encrypted error message.

Status code: 403

Table 6 Parameters in the response body

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

request_id

String

Request ID.

encoded_authorization_message

String

Encrypted error message.

Status code: 409

Table 7 Parameters in the response body

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

request_id

String

Request ID.

encoded_authorization_message

String

Encrypted error message.

Example Request

Creating an IAM Identity Center group in the specified identity source

POST https://{hostname}/v1/identity-stores/{identity_store_id}/groups

{
  "description" : "Example group",
  "display_name" : "Group name g1"
}

Example Response

Status code: 201

Successful

{
  "group_id" : "0efaa0db-6aa4-7aaa-6aa5-c222aaaaf31a",
  "identity_store_id" : "d-a00aaaa33f"
}

Status Codes

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.

Parent topic: Group Management