Updated on 2026-01-29 GMT+08:00

Query a Device Group

Function

This API is used by an application to query details about a specific device group.

Debugging

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in API Explorer or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    iotda:group:query

    Read

    app *

    -

    -

    -

    -

    g:EnterpriseProjectId

URI

GET /v5/iot/{project_id}/device-group/{group_id}

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Parameter description: project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

group_id

Yes

String

Parameter description: device group ID. The ID is unique and is allocated by the platform during device group creation.

Value: The value can contain a maximum of 36 characters, including hexadecimal strings and hyphens (-).

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

Instance-Id

No

String

Parameter description: instance ID. Unique identifier of each instance in the physical multi-tenant scenario. Mandatory for professional editions and recommended in other cases. Log in to the IoTDA console and choose Overview in the navigation pane to view the instance ID. For details, see Viewing Instance Details.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

group_id

String

Device group ID. The ID is unique and is allocated by the platform during device group creation.

name

String

Device group name, which must be unique in a single resource space.

description

String

Device group description.

super_group_id

String

ID of the parent device group.

group_type

String

Parameter description: device group type. A static device group is used by default. When a dynamic device group is used, enter the dynamic device group rule.

Range:

  • DYNAMIC: dynamic group

  • STATIC: static group

dynamic_group_rule

String

Dynamic device group rule.

Example Requests

Queries details about a specified device group.

GET https://{endpoint}/v5/iot/{project_id}/device-group/{group_id}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

OK

{
  "group_id" : "04ed32dc1b0025b52fe3c01a27c2babc",
  "name" : "GroupA",
  "description" : "GroupA",
  "super_group_id" : "04ed32dc1b0025b52fe3c01a27c2b0a8",
  "group_type" : "STATIC"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

OK

400

Bad Request

401

Unauthorized

404

Not Found

403

Forbidden

500

Internal Server Error

Error Codes

See Error Codes.