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Get group membership

get
https://api.box.com/2.0
/group_memberships/:group_membership_id

This endpoint is in the version 2024.0. No changes are required to continue using it. For more details, see Box API versioning.

Retrieves a specific group membership. Only admins of this group or users with admin-level permissions will be able to use this API.

Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json

Path Parameters

stringin pathrequired
434534

The ID of the group membership.

Query Parameters

string arrayin queryoptional
id,type,name

A comma-separated list of attributes to include in the response. This can be used to request fields that are not normally returned in a standard response.

Be aware that specifying this parameter will have the effect that none of the standard fields are returned in the response unless explicitly specified, instead only fields for the mini representation are returned, additional to the fields requested.

Response

application/jsonGroup membership

Returns the group membership object.

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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Request Example

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cURL
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/group_memberships/434534" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
Node/TypeScript v10
await client.memberships.getGroupMembershipById(groupMembership.id!);
Python v10
client.memberships.get_group_membership_by_id(group_membership.id)
.NET v10
await client.Memberships.GetGroupMembershipByIdAsync(groupMembershipId: NullableUtils.Unwrap(groupMembership.Id));
Swift v10
try await client.memberships.getGroupMembershipById(groupMembershipId: groupMembership.id!)
Java v10
client.getMemberships().getGroupMembershipById(groupMembership.getId())
Java v5
BoxGroupMembership membership = new BoxGroupMembership(api, id);
BoxGroupMembership.Info groupMembershipInfo = membership.getInfo();
Python v4
membership_id = '11111'
membership = client.group_membership(membership_id).get()
print(f'User "{membership.user.name}" is a member of the {membership.group.name} group')
Node v4
client.groups.getMembership('33333')
	.then(membership => {
		/* membership -> {
			type: 'group_membership',
			id: '33333',
			user: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '22222',
				name: 'Alison Wonderland',
				login: 'alice@example.com' },
			group: { type: 'group', id: '11111', name: 'Employees' },
			role: 'member',
			configurable_permissions: 
			{ can_run_reports: false,
				can_instant_login: false,
				can_create_accounts: false,
				can_edit_accounts: false },
			created_at: '2013-05-16T15:27:57-07:00',
			modified_at: '2013-05-16T15:27:57-07:00' }
		*/
	});

Response Example

{
  "id": "11446498",
  "type": "group_membership",
  "created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "group": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "group",
    "group_type": "managed_group",
    "name": "Support"
  },
  "modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "role": "member",
  "user": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "user",
    "login": "ceo@example.com",
    "name": "Aaron Levie"
  }
}