External groups

The External groups API allows you to view the external identity provider groups that are available to your organization and manage the connection between external groups and teams in your organization.

About the External groups API

To use this API, the authenticated user must be a team maintainer or an owner of the organization associated with the team.

Get an external group

Works with GitHub Apps

Displays information about the specific group's usage. Provides a list of the group's external members as well as a list of teams that this group is connected to.

You can manage team membership with your identity provider using Enterprise Managed Users for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see "GitHub's products" in the GitHub Help documentation.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org`stringRequired The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`group_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the group.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

get/orgs/{org}/external-group/{group_id}

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/external-group/GROUP_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "group_id": "123",
  "group_name": "Octocat admins",
  "updated_at": "2021-01-24T11:31:04-06:00",
  "teams": [
    {
      "team_id": 1,
      "team_name": "team-test"
    },
    {
      "team_id": 2,
      "team_name": "team-test2"
    }
  ],
  "members": [
    {
      "member_id": 1,
      "member_login": "mona-lisa_eocsaxrs",
      "member_name": "Mona Lisa",
      "member_email": "mona_lisa@github.com"
    },
    {
      "member_id": 2,
      "member_login": "octo-lisa_eocsaxrs",
      "member_name": "Octo Lisa",
      "member_email": "octo_lisa@github.com"
    }
  ]
}

List external groups in an organization

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists external groups available in an organization. You can query the groups using the display_name parameter, only groups with a group_name containing the text provided in the display_name parameter will be returned. You can also limit your page results using the per_page parameter. GitHub generates a url-encoded page token using a cursor value for where the next page begins. For more information on cursor pagination, see "Offset and Cursor Pagination explained."

You can manage team membership with your identity provider using Enterprise Managed Users for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see "GitHub's products" in the GitHub Help documentation.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org`stringRequired The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page`integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`page`integer Page token
`display_name`string Limits the list to groups containing the text in the group name

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

get/orgs/{org}/external-groups

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/external-groups

Response

Status: 200

{
  "groups": [
    {
      "group_id": "123",
      "group_name": "Octocat admins",
      "updated_at": "2021-01-24T11:31:04-06:00"
    },
    {
      "group_id": "456",
      "group_name": "Octocat docs members",
      "updated_at": "2021-03-24T11:31:04-06:00"
    }
  ]
}

List a connection between an external group and a team

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists a connection between a team and an external group.

You can manage team membership with your identity provider using Enterprise Managed Users for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see "GitHub's products" in the GitHub Help documentation.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org`stringRequired The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug`stringRequired The slug of the team name.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

get/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/external-groups

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/external-groups

Response

Status: 200

{
  "groups": [
    {
      "group_id": "123",
      "group_name": "Octocat admins",
      "updated_at": "2021-01-24T11:31:04-06:00"
    },
    {
      "group_id": "456",
      "group_name": "Octocat docs members",
      "updated_at": "2021-03-24T11:31:04-06:00"
    }
  ]
}

Update the connection between an external group and a team

Creates a connection between a team and an external group. Only one external group can be linked to a team.

You can manage team membership with your identity provider using Enterprise Managed Users for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see "GitHub's products" in the GitHub Help documentation.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org`stringRequired The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug`stringRequired The slug of the team name.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`group_id`integerRequired External Group Id

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

patch/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/external-groups

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/external-groups \
  -d '{"group_id":123}'

Response

Status: 200

{
  "group_id": "123",
  "group_name": "Octocat admins",
  "updated_at": "2021-01-24T11:31:04-06:00",
  "teams": [
    {
      "team_id": 1,
      "team_name": "team-test"
    },
    {
      "team_id": 2,
      "team_name": "team-test2"
    }
  ],
  "members": [
    {
      "member_id": 1,
      "member_login": "mona-lisa_eocsaxrs",
      "member_name": "Mona Lisa",
      "member_email": "mona_lisa@github.com"
    },
    {
      "member_id": 2,
      "member_login": "octo-lisa_eocsaxrs",
      "member_name": "Octo Lisa",
      "member_email": "octo_lisa@github.com"
    }
  ]
}

Remove the connection between an external group and a team

Deletes a connection between a team and an external group.

You can manage team membership with your IdP using Enterprise Managed Users for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org`stringRequired The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug`stringRequired The slug of the team name.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content

Code samples

delete/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/external-groups

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/external-groups

Response

Status: 204