Skip to content

group-list-transitivememberof.md

Latest commit

 

History

History
299 lines (216 loc) · 9.13 KB

group-list-transitivememberof.md

File metadata and controls

299 lines (216 loc) · 9.13 KB
title List group transitive memberOf
description Get groups that the group is a member of. This operation is transitive and will also include all groups that this group is a nested member of. Unlike getting a user's Microsoft 365 groups, this returns all types of groups, not just Microsoft 365 groups.
author yuhko-msft
ms.reviewer mbhargav, khotzteam, aadgroupssg
ms.localizationpriority medium
ms.subservice entra-groups
doc_type apiPageType
ms.date 04/04/2024

List group transitive memberOf

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Get groups that the group is a member of. This operation is transitive and will also include all groups that this group is a nested member of. Unlike getting a user's Microsoft 365 groups, this returns all types of groups, not just Microsoft 365 groups.

[!INCLUDE national-cloud-support]

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

[!INCLUDE permissions-table]

[!INCLUDE limited-info]

HTTP request

GET /groups/{id}/transitiveMemberOf

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $count, $expand, $filter, $orderby, $search, $select, and $top OData query parameters to help customize the response.

  • OData cast is enabled. For example, /groups/{id}/transitiveMemberOf/microsoft.graph.group retrieves only groups the group is a member of, either directly or indirectly.
  • $search is supported on the displayName and description properties only.
  • The default and maximum page size is 100 and 999 group objects respectively.
  • The use of query parameters with this API, except for $expand, is supported only with advanced query parameters. $expand isn't supported with advanced query parameters. For more information, see Advanced query capabilities on directory objects.

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
ConsistencyLevel eventual. This header and $count are required when using the $search, $filter, $orderby, or OData cast query parameters. It uses an index that might not be up-to-date with recent changes to the object.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and collection of directoryObject objects in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Get groups and administrative units that the group is a transitive member of

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/02bd9fd6-8f93-4758-87c3-1fb73740a315/transitiveMemberOf

C#

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Go

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Java

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

JavaScript

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

PHP

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

PowerShell

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Python

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.group",
      "id": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
      "mail": "group1@contoso.com"
    }
  ]
}

Example 2: Get only a count of all transitive membership

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}/transitiveMemberOf/$count
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: text/plain

294

Example 3: Use OData cast to get only a count of transitive membership in groups

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}/transitiveMemberOf/microsoft.graph.group/$count
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: text/plain

294

Example 4: Use OData cast and $search to get membership in groups with display names that contain the letters 'tier' including a count of returned objects

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}/transitiveMemberOf/microsoft.graph.group?$count=true&$orderby=displayName&$search="displayName:tier"&$select=displayName,id
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#groups(displayName,id)",
  "@odata.count":7,
  "value":[
    {
      "displayName":"Contoso-tier Query Notification",
      "id":"11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
    }
  ]
}

Example 5: Use OData cast and $filter to get membership with a display name that starts with 'A' including a count of returned objects

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}/transitiveMemberOf/microsoft.graph.group?$count=true&$orderby=displayName&$filter=startswith(displayName, 'a')
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#groups",
  "@odata.count":76,
  "value":[
    {
      "displayName":"AAD Contoso Users",
      "mail":"AADContoso_Users@contoso.com"
    }
  ]
}