A group is a collection of items available to a specific set of users in the portal.
Working with groups Groups are used to organize and share items and define which users can access and view specified content. You can create groups of hosted layers, web maps, or any other item type. Or you can create a group and add users to it, allowing them to collaborate and share items within the group.
The typical workflow for using groups is to:
Define a group in the portal. Add items the group. Add users to the group. Manage the group properties. Code examples Search for a group Find a one or more groups in the portal using a query.
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portal = new Portal(); // Default is "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest"
portal.load().then( ()=> {
const query = {
query : "water"
};
portal.queryGroups(query).then( ( response )=> {
console .log(response);
});
});
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curl https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/community/groups \
-d 'q=water' \
-d 'f=pjson'
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{
"query" : "water" ,
"total" : 3206 ,
"start" : 1 ,
"num" : 10 ,
"nextStart" : 11 ,
"results" : [
{
"id" : "b2e2fce2ab304ff38c27b811b1784b23" ,
"title" : "Wyoming WRDS WDO - Water" ,
Create a new group Define a new group and how it can be accessed.
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from arcgis.gis import GIS
gis = GIS(username= "USERNAME" , password= "PASSWORD" )
group = gis.groups.create(title= "Traffic issues" , tags= "traffic" , access= "public" )
print (group)
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curl https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/community/createGroup \
-d 'title=Traffic issues' \
-d 'access=public' \
-d 'f=pjson' \
-d 'token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>'
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{ "success" : true ,
"group" : {
"id" : "GROUP_ID" ,
"title" : "Traffic issues" ,
"access" : "public"
}
}
Invite users to a group Invite users by their user names.
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from arcgis.gis import GIS
gis = GIS(username= "USERNAME" , password= "PASSWORD" )
group = gis.groups.get( "GROUP_ID" )
results = group.invite_users(usernames=[ "USER_TO_INVITE" ])
print (results)
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curl https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/community/groups/<GROUP_ID>/invite \
-d 'users=<USER_TO_INVITE>' \
-d 'role=group member' \
-d 'expiration=20160' \
-d 'f=pjson' \
-d 'token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>'
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{
"success" : true ,
"groupId" : "GROUP_ID"
}
Add items to a group Add an item to group to be shared with a set of users.
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from arcgis.gis import GIS
gis = GIS(username= "USERNAME" , password= "PASSWORD" )
item = gis.content.get( "ITEM_ID" )
results = item.share(groups= "GROUP_ID" )
print (results)
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curl https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/users/<USERNAME>/items/<ITEM_ID>/share \
-d 'f=json' \
-d 'groups=<GROUP_ID>' \
-d 'token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>'
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{ "results" : [{ "itemId" : "ITEM_ID" ,
"success" : true ,
"notSharedWith" : []}]} // Groups item not shared with
Search for group content Find items shared with a group using a query.
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const portal = new Portal();
portal.url = "https://www.arcgis.com/"
portal.load()
.then( ()=> {
const portalGroup = new PortalGroup({
id : "d6340748701d4ccfb18ad3c42b7feb9e" ,
portal : portal
});
const queryParameters = {
query : "bike"
};
portalGroup.queryItems(queryParameters).then( ( response )=> {
console .log(response);
});
});
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-d 'q=bike' \
-d 'f=pjson'
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{
"query" : "bike" ,
"total" : 2 ,
"start" : 1 ,
"num" : 10 ,
"nextStart" : -1 ,
"results" : [
{
"id" : "37695c689cbe4e87aa1877ef12c7bf3b" ,
"owner" : "esri_devlabs" ,
Update properties Change the properties of a group such as the name, description, and permissions.
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from arcgis.gis import GIS
gis = GIS(username= "USERNAME" , password= "PASSWORD" )
group = gis.groups.get( "GROUP_ID" )
results = group.update( "new" ) # new title
print (results)
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curl https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/community/groups/GROUP_ID/update \
-d 'title=new' \
-d 'f=pjson' \
-d 'token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>'
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{
"success" : "true" ,
"groupId" : "GROUP_ID"
}
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