PortalGroup | API Reference | ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.31

The group resource represents a group within the Portal. A group resource represents a group (e.g., "San Bernardino Fires"). The visibility of the group to other users is determined by the access property. If the group is private, no one except the administrators and the members of the group will be able to see it. If the group is shared with an organization, than all members of the organization are able to find the group. For additional information, see the ArcGIS REST API documentation for Group.

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Property Overview

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Watch for changes topic.

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Type	Summary	Class
String	The access privileges on the group which determines who can see and access the group.	PortalGroup
Date	The date the group was created.	PortalGroup
String	The name of the class.	Accessor
String	A detailed description of the group.	PortalGroup
String	The unique id for the group.	PortalGroup
Boolean	If set to `true`, then users will not be able to apply to join the group.	PortalGroup
Date	The date the group was last modified.	PortalGroup
String	The username of the group's owner.	PortalGroup
Portal	The portal associated with the group.	PortalGroup
String	A short summary that describes the group.	PortalGroup
Object	The JSON used to create the property values when the `PortalGroup` is created.	PortalGroup
String []	User defined tags that describe the group.	PortalGroup
String	The URL to the thumbnail used for the group.	PortalGroup
String	The title of the group.	PortalGroup
String	The URL to the group.	PortalGroup

Property Details

access Property access String

The access privileges on the group which determines who can see and access the group.

Possible Values:"private" |"org" |"public"

created Property created Date

The date the group was created.

declaredClass Inherited Property declaredClass Stringreadonly Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.7 Accessor since 4.0, declaredClass added at 4.7.

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

description Property description String

A detailed description of the group.

id Property id String

The unique id for the group.

isInvitationOnly Property isInvitationOnly Boolean

If set to true, then users will not be able to apply to join the group.

Default Value:false

modified Property modified Date

The date the group was last modified.

owner Property owner String

The username of the group's owner.

portal Property portal Portal

The portal associated with the group.

snippet Property snippet String

A short summary that describes the group.

sourceJSON Property sourceJSON Object Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.28 PortalGroup since 4.0, sourceJSON added at 4.28.

The JSON used to create the property values when the PortalGroup is created. Although most commonly used properties are exposed on the PortalGroup class directly, this provides access to all information returned for the portal group. This property is useful if working in an application built using an older version of the API which requires access to a portal's group properties from a more recent version.

See also

ArcGIS REST API - Group

tags Property tags String[]

User defined tags that describe the group.

thumbnailUrl Property thumbnailUrl Stringreadonly Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.4 PortalGroup since 4.0, thumbnailUrl added at 4.4.

The URL to the thumbnail used for the group.

See also

getThumbnailUrl()

title Property title String

The title of the group. This is the name that is displayed to users. It is also used to refer to the group. Every group must have a title and it must be unique.

url Property url Stringreadonly

The URL to the group.

Method Overview

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Return Type	Summary	Class
	Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object.	Accessor
Promise<Object []>	If present, fetches the group's category schema.	PortalGroup
Promise<Object>	Fetches the current members of the group.	PortalGroup
String	Get the URL to the thumbnail image for the group.	PortalGroup
Boolean	Returns true if a named group of handles exist.	Accessor
Promise<PortalQueryResult>	Executes a query against the group to return an array of PortalItem objects that match the input query.	PortalGroup
	Removes a group of handles owned by the object.	Accessor

Method Details

addHandles Inherited Method addHandles(handleOrHandles, groupKey) Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, addHandles added at 4.25.

Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object. The handles will be removed when the object is destroyed.

// Manually manage handles
const handle = reactiveUtils.when(
  () => !view.updating,
  () => {
    wkidSelect.disabled = false;
  },
  { once: true }
);

this.addHandles(handle);

// Destroy the object
this.destroy();

Parameters

handleOrHandles WatchHandle|WatchHandle []

Handles marked for removal once the object is destroyed.

groupKey *

optional

Key identifying the group to which the handles should be added. All the handles in the group can later be removed with Accessor.removeHandles(). If no key is provided the handles are added to a default group.

fetchCategorySchema Method fetchCategorySchema(options){Promise<Object[]>} Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.8 PortalGroup since 4.0, fetchCategorySchema added at 4.8.

If present, fetches the group's category schema.

Parameters

options Object

optional

An object with the following properties.

Specification

signal AbortSignal

optional

Signal object that can be used to abort the asynchronous task. The returned promise will be rejected with an Error named AbortError when an abort is signaled. See also AbortController for more information on how to construct a controller that can be used to deliver abort signals.

Returns

Type

Description

Promise<Object []>

Resolves to an array of objects containing the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
title	string	The title of the category schema.
categories	object[]	An array of objects containing a title and an optional array of subcategories.

Example

// Fetch featured group members
portal.fetchFeaturedGroups().then(function(groups){
  groups.forEach(function(group){
    // Fetch group category schema
    group.fetchCategorySchema().then(function(schemas){
      schemas.forEach(function(schema){
        console.log("schema: ", schema);
      })
    });
  });
});

fetchMembers Method fetchMembers(options){Promise<Object>}

Fetches the current members of the group. This method is only available to members or administrators of the group. View the ArcGIS REST API documentation for the Group Users for more details.

Parameters

options Object

optional

An object with the following properties.

Specification

signal AbortSignal

optional

Returns

Type

Description

Promise<Object>

Resolves to an object with the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
admins	String[]	An array containing the user names for each administrator of the group.
owner	String	The user name of the owner of the group.
users	String[]	An array containing the user names for each user in the group.

Example

// Fetch featured group members
portal.fetchFeaturedGroups().then(function(groups){
   groups.forEach(function(group){
     group.fetchMembers().then(function(members){
       console.log("member", members);
     });
   });
});

getThumbnailUrl Method getThumbnailUrl(width){String} Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.4 PortalGroup since 4.0, getThumbnailUrl added at 4.4.

Get the URL to the thumbnail image for the group.

Available width sizes: 150, 300 and 600.

Parameter

width Number

optional

The desired image width.

Returns

Type	Description
String	The URL to the thumbnail image.

hasHandles Inherited Method hasHandles(groupKey){Boolean} Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, hasHandles added at 4.25.

Returns true if a named group of handles exist.

Parameter

groupKey *

optional

A group key.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	Returns `true` if a named group of handles exist.

Example

// Remove a named group of handles if they exist.
if (obj.hasHandles("watch-view-updates")) {
  obj.removeHandles("watch-view-updates");
}

queryItems Method queryItems(queryParams, options){Promise<PortalQueryResult>}

Executes a query against the group to return an array of PortalItem objects that match the input query.

Parameters

queryParams PortalQueryParams autocast

optional

Autocasts from Object

The input query parameters defined in PortalQueryParams.

options Object

optional

An object with the following properties.

Specification

signal AbortSignal

optional

Returns

Type	Description
Promise<PortalQueryResult>	When resolved, resolves to an instance of PortalQueryResult which contains a `results` array of PortalItem objects representing all the items that match the input query.

removeHandles Inherited Method removeHandles(groupKey) Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, removeHandles added at 4.25.

Removes a group of handles owned by the object.

Parameter

groupKey *

optional

A group key or an array or collection of group keys to remove.

Example

obj.removeHandles(); // removes handles from default group

obj.removeHandles("handle-group");
obj.removeHandles("other-handle-group");