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Keycloak Groups API

Manage user groups within a realm

Keycloak Groups API is one of 6 APIs that Keycloak publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Groups. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a JSON-LD context, and 3 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 10 operations across 6 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 26.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{host}/admin/realms.

10 operations 6 paths 3 schemas 2 DELETE4 GET2 POST2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
26.0.0
Server
https://{host}/admin/realms
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Keycloak Groups API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Access token obtained from the Keycloak token endpoint. Use the master realm admin credentials or a service account with appropriate realm-management roles.

Paths & Operations 10

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 2 DELETE, 4 GET, 2 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Groups 10

Manage user groups within a realm

GET
/{realm}/users/{userId}/groups
Keycloak Get groups for a user
getUserGroups 2 params → 200
PUT
/{realm}/users/{userId}/groups/{groupId}
Keycloak Add a user to a group
addUserToGroup 3 params → 204
DELETE
/{realm}/users/{userId}/groups/{groupId}
Keycloak Remove a user from a group
removeUserFromGroup 3 params → 204
GET
/{realm}/groups
Keycloak List groups
getGroups 5 params → 200
POST
/{realm}/groups
Keycloak Create a top-level group
createGroup 1 param body → 201
GET
/{realm}/groups/{groupId}
Keycloak Get a group
getGroup 2 params → 200404
PUT
/{realm}/groups/{groupId}
Keycloak Update a group
updateGroup 2 params body → 204
DELETE
/{realm}/groups/{groupId}
Keycloak Delete a group
deleteGroup 2 params → 204
POST
/{realm}/groups/{groupId}/children
Keycloak Create a child group
createChildGroup 2 params body → 201
GET
/{realm}/groups/{groupId}/members
Keycloak Get members of a group
getGroupMembers 4 params → 200

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are UserRepresentation (19 properties), GroupRepresentation (7 properties), CredentialRepresentation (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

UserRepresentation
object
Representation of a Keycloak user
19 properties
CredentialRepresentation
object
Representation of a user credential
6 properties
GroupRepresentation
object
Representation of a user group in Keycloak
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

keycloak-groups-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Keycloak publishes across the network.

Keycloak Clients API
Keycloak Identity Providers API
Keycloak Realms API
Keycloak Roles API
Keycloak Users API