GetGroupMembershipsOfUser API

Returns the user group memberships of the specified user, including both global and domain-level groups.

Endpoint

/srv.asmx/GetGroupMembershipsOfUser

Methods

GET /srv.asmx/GetGroupMembershipsOfUser?authenticationTicket=...&userName=...
POST /srv.asmx/GetGroupMembershipsOfUser (form data)
SOAP Action: http://tempuri.org/GetGroupMembershipsOfUser

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`authenticationTicket`	string	Yes	Authentication ticket obtained from `AuthenticateUser`
`userName`	string	Yes	The username of the user whose group memberships to retrieve

Response

Success Response

<root success="true">
  <UserGroups>
    <usergroup GroupID="1" GroupName="Editors" DomainID="0" DomainName="" public="True" />
    <usergroup GroupID="5" GroupName="Reviewers" DomainID="3" DomainName="MyLibrary" public="False" />
    <!-- ... additional usergroup elements ... -->
  </UserGroups>
</root>

Response Attributes

Each <usergroup> element contains the following attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
`GroupID`	int	Unique identifier of the user group
`GroupName`	string	Name of the user group
`DomainID`	int	Domain/library ID. `0` indicates a global group.
`DomainName`	string	Domain/library name. Empty string for global groups.
`public`	boolean	Whether group members are visible to other users

Error Response

<root success="false" error="[ErrorCode] Error message" />

Required Permissions

The caller must have ListingGroupMembershipOfUser permission for the specified user.

Example

Request (GET)

GET /srv.asmx/GetGroupMembershipsOfUser?authenticationTicket=abc123-def456&userName=jsmith HTTP/1.1

Request (POST)

POST /srv.asmx/GetGroupMembershipsOfUser HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

authenticationTicket=abc123-def456&userName=jsmith

Request (SOAP 1.1)

POST /srv.asmx HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: "http://tempuri.org/GetGroupMembershipsOfUser"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetGroupMembershipsOfUser xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
      <authenticationTicket>abc123-def456</authenticationTicket>
      <userName>jsmith</userName>
    </GetGroupMembershipsOfUser>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Notes

The response includes both global groups (DomainID="0") and domain-level (local) groups
If the user has no group memberships, the <UserGroups> element will be empty
The public attribute corresponds to the showMembers setting configured when the group was created