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List user's groups

get
https://api.box.com/2.0
/users/:user_id/memberships

Retrieves all the groups for a user. Only members 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
12345

The ID of the user.

Query Parameters

integer (int64)in queryoptional
10001000

The maximum number of items to return per page.

integer (int64)in queryoptional
10000

The offset of the item at which to begin the response.

Queries with offset parameter value exceeding 10000 will be rejected with a 400 response.

Response

application/jsonGroup memberships

Returns a collection of membership objects. If there are no memberships, an empty collection will be returned.

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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List user's groups
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Request Example

cURL
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/users/12345/memberships" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
TypeScript Gen
await client.memberships.getUserMemberships(user.id);
Python Gen
client.memberships.get_user_memberships(user.id)
.NET Gen
await client.Memberships.GetUserMembershipsAsync(userId: user.Id);
Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.memberships.getUserMemberships(userId: user.id)
Java
BoxUser user = new BoxUser(api, id);
Iterable<BoxGroupMembership.Info> memberships = user.getAllMemberships();
for (BoxGroupMembership.Info membershipInfo : memberships) {
    // Do something with the membership.
}
Python
user_memberships = client.user(user_id='33333').get_group_memberships()
for membership in user_memberships:
    print(f'User is in the {membership.group.name} group')
.NET
BoxCollection<BoxGroupMembership> memberships = await client.GroupsManager
    .GetAllGroupMembershipsForUserAsync(userId: "11111");
Node
var userID = '22222';
client.users.getGroupMemberships(userID)
	.then(memberships => {
		/* memberships -> {
			total_count: 1,
			entries: 
			[ { type: 'group_membership',
				id: '12345',
				user: 
					{ type: 'user',
					id: '22222',
					name: 'Alison Wonderland',
					login: 'alice@example.com' },
				group: { type: 'group', id: '11111', name: 'Employees' },
				role: 'member' } ],
			limit: 100,
			offset: 0 }
		*/
	});
iOS
let iterator = client.groups.listMembershipsForUser(userId: "12345")
iterator.next { result in
    switch results {
    case let .success(page):
        for membership in page.entries {
            print("Group Membership with ID \(membership.id) was retrieved")
        }

    case let .failure(error):
        print(error)
    }
}

Response Example

{
  "entries": [
    {
      "id": "11446498",
      "type": "group_membership",
      "user": {
        "id": "11446498",
        "type": "user",
        "name": "Aaron Levie",
        "login": "ceo@example.com"
      },
      "group": {
        "id": "11446498",
        "type": "group",
        "name": "Support",
        "group_type": "managed_group"
      },
      "role": "member",
      "created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
      "modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00"
    }
  ],
  "limit": 1000,
  "offset": 2000,
  "order": [
    {
      "by": "type",
      "direction": "ASC"
    }
  ],
  "total_count": 5000
}