--- title: Create Group Nesting description: The POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups operation creates a nested group. Members of the group identified in the request URL are dynamically added to the group specified in the body of the request. Refer to the Nesting groups section for more information. component: pingone-api page_id: pingone-api:platform:groups/create-nested-group canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/platform/groups/create-nested-group.html section_ids: prerequisites: Prerequisites headers: Headers body: Body example-request: Example Request example-response: Example Response --- # Create Group Nesting ## ```none POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups ``` The `POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups` operation creates a nested group. Members of the group identified in the request URL are dynamically added to the group specified in the body of the request. Refer to the [Nesting groups](../groups.html#groups-nesting-groups) section for more information. ### Prerequisites * Refer to [Groups](../groups.html) for important overview information. * [Create a group](create-group.html) to get a `groupID` for the endpoint and [create another group](create-group.html) to get a `groupID` for the body. Refer also to [Groups](../groups.html). > **Collapse: Request Model** > > Refer to the [Groups](../groups.html) data model for full property descriptions. > > | Property | Type | Required? | > | -------- | ------ | --------- | > | `id` | String | Required | ### Headers Authorization      Bearer {{accessToken}} Content-Type      application/json ### Body raw ( application/json ) ```json { "id": "{{groupNestedID}}" } ``` ## ### Example Request * cURL * C# * Go * HTTP * Java * jQuery * NodeJS * Python * PHP * Ruby * Swift ```shell curl --location --globoff '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}' \ --data '{ "id": "{{groupNestedID}}" }' ``` ```csharp var options = new RestClientOptions("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups") { MaxTimeout = -1, }; var client = new RestClient(options); var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Post); request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}"); var body = @"{" + "\n" + @" ""id"": ""{{groupNestedID}}""" + "\n" + @"}"; request.AddStringBody(body, DataFormat.Json); RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request); Console.WriteLine(response.Content); ``` ```golang package main import ( "fmt" "strings" "net/http" "io" ) func main() { url := "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups" method := "POST" payload := strings.NewReader(`{ "id": "{{groupNestedID}}" }`) client := &http.Client { } req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json") req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}") res, err := client.Do(req) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } defer res.Body.Close() body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } fmt.Println(string(body)) } ``` ```http POST /v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups HTTP/1.1 Host: {{apiPath}} Content-Type: application/json Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}} { "id": "{{groupNestedID}}" } ``` ```java OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder() .build(); MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json"); RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n \"id\": \"{{groupNestedID}}\"\n}"); Request request = new Request.Builder() .url("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups") .method("POST", body) .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json") .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}") .build(); Response response = client.newCall(request).execute(); ``` ```javascript var settings = { "url": "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups", "method": "POST", "timeout": 0, "headers": { "Content-Type": "application/json", "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}" }, "data": JSON.stringify({ "id": "{{groupNestedID}}" }), }; $.ajax(settings).done(function (response) { console.log(response); }); ``` ```javascript var request = require('request'); var options = { 'method': 'POST', 'url': '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups', 'headers': { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}' }, body: JSON.stringify({ "id": "{{groupNestedID}}" }) }; request(options, function (error, response) { if (error) throw new Error(error); console.log(response.body); }); ``` ```python import requests import json url = "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups" payload = json.dumps({ "id": "{{groupNestedID}}" }) headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}' } response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload) print(response.text) ``` ```php setUrl('{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups'); $request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST); $request->setConfig(array( 'follow_redirects' => TRUE )); $request->setHeader(array( 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', 'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}' )); $request->setBody('{\n "id": "{{groupNestedID}}"\n}'); try { $response = $request->send(); if ($response->getStatus() == 200) { echo $response->getBody(); } else { echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' . $response->getReasonPhrase(); } } catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) { echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage(); } ``` ```ruby require "uri" require "json" require "net/http" url = URI("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port); request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["Content-Type"] = "application/json" request["Authorization"] = "Bearer {{accessToken}}" request.body = JSON.dump({ "id": "{{groupNestedID}}" }) response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ```swift let parameters = "{\n \"id\": \"{{groupNestedID}}\"\n}" let postData = parameters.data(using: .utf8) var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/groups/{{groupID}}/memberOfGroups")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity) request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type") request.addValue("Bearer {{accessToken}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization") request.httpMethod = "POST" request.httpBody = postData let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in guard let data = data else { print(String(describing: error)) return } print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!) } task.resume() ``` ### Example Response 201 Created ```json { "_links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/groups/1e600e48-2aa5-496a-81cf-7ff1fa3d696b/memberOfGroups/e1d6564e-bc8e-443c-ba01-70af86cf06e4" }, "environment": { "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6" } }, "id": "e1d6564e-bc8e-443c-ba01-70af86cf06e4", "environment": { "id": "abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6" }, "name": "Group A", "type": "DIRECT" } ```