Updated on 2024-07-30 GMT+08:00

Updating User Group Information

Function

This API is provided for the administrator to update user group information.

The API can be called using both the global endpoint and region-specific endpoints. For IAM endpoints, see Regions and Endpoints.

Debugging

You can debug this API in API Explorer.

URI

PATCH /v3/groups/{group_id}

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

group_id

Yes

String

User group ID. For details about how to obtain a user group 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

Access token issued to a user to bear its identity and permissions.

For details about the permissions required by the token, see Actions.

Table 3 Parameters in the request body

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

group

Yes

Object

User group information.

Table 4 group

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

description

No

String

User group description, which must contain less than or equal to 255 characters. Either name or description must be specified.

domain_id

No

String

Account ID. For details about how to obtain the account ID, see Obtaining Account, IAM User, Group, Project, Region, and Agency Information.

name

No

String

User group name, which contains 1 to 128 characters. Either name or description must be specified.

Response Parameters

Table 5 Parameters in the response body

Parameter

Type

Description

group

Object

User group information.

Table 6 group

Parameter

Type

Description

description

String

User group description.

id

String

User group ID.

domain_id

String

ID of the account used to create the user group.

name

String

User group name.

links

Object

User group resource link.

create_time

Long

Time when the user group was created.

Example Request

Request for changing the user group name to IAMGroup and description to IAMDescription

PATCH https://iam.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/groups/{group_id}
{
    "group": {
        "description": "IAMDescription",
        "domain_id": "d78cbac186b744899480f25bd02...",
        "name": "IAMGroup"
    }
}

Example Response

Status code: 200

The request is successful.

{
    "group": {
        "description": "IAMDescription",
        "links": {
            "self": "https://iam.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/groups/077a4da48a00251f3f9dc0032103400f"
        },
        "id": "077a4da48a00251f3f9dc0032103400f",
        "create_time": 1578969360636,
        "domain_id": "d78cbac186b744899480f25bd...",
        "name": "IAMGroup"
    }
}

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.

409

A resource conflict occurs.

501

The API is not available.

Error Codes

None