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# Get a simplified list of groups

GET http://localhost:3000/authorization/groups/list

Returns a simplified list of groups.

Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-platform/6/api-reference/authorization/get-groups-short-list

## Request

### Query parameters

- `multiContains` (object, optional) — multiContains
  - `name` (string, optional)
  - `provenance` (string, optional)
  - `description` (string, optional)
- `multiEquals` (object, optional) — multiEquals
  - `name` (string, optional)
  - `provenance` (string, optional)
  - `description` (string, optional)
- `multiStartsWith` (object, optional) — multiStartsWith
  - `name` (string, optional)
  - `provenance` (string, optional)
  - `description` (string, optional)
- `inactive` (boolean, optional) — inactive
- `skip` (integer, optional, default: 0) — skip
- `limit` (integer, optional, default: 25) — limit
- `sort` (enum, optional, default: name) — sort
  - Allowed values: `name`
- `order` (enum, optional, default: 1) — order
  - Allowed values: `-1`, `1`
- `refresh` (boolean, optional, default: false) — whether to refresh groups from AAA

## Response

### 200

The groups matching the specified query.

- `results` (object, optional)
  - `_id` (string, optional) — String representation of a MongoDB ObjectId
  - `provenance` (string, optional) — AAA provider where group originated
  - `name` (string, optional) — Name of group
- `total` (integer, optional) — The total number of documents

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "results": {
    "_id": "5cb7b531d06cceb89fd21b1c",
    "provenance": "Local AAA",
    "name": "group_1"
  },
  "total": 1
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "http://localhost:3000/authorization/groups/list"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'http://localhost:3000/authorization/groups/list';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:3000/authorization/groups/list"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:3000/authorization/groups/list")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("http://localhost:3000/authorization/groups/list")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'http://localhost:3000/authorization/groups/list');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:3000/authorization/groups/list");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:3000/authorization/groups/list")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```