Update a user group
PATCH https://zulip.heado.ru/api/v1/user_groups/{user_group_id}
Update the name or description of a user group.
Usage examples
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import zulip
# Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc")
request = {
"group_id": user_group_id,
"name": "marketing",
"description": "The marketing team.",
}
result = client.update_user_group(request)
print(result)
curl -sSX PATCH https://zulip.heado.ru/api/v1/user_groups/33 \
-u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
--data-urlencode 'name=marketing team' \
--data-urlencode 'description=The marketing team.' \
--data-urlencode 'can_mention_group={"new": {"direct_members": [10], "direct_subgroups": [11]}, "old": 11}'
Parameters
user_group_id integer required in path
Example: 33
The ID of the target user group.
name string optional
Example: "marketing team"
The new name of the group.
Changes: Before Zulip 7.0 (feature level 165), this was
a required field.
description string optional
Example: "The marketing team."
The new description of the group.
Changes: Before Zulip 7.0 (feature level 165), this was
a required field.
can_mention_group object optional
Example: {"new": {"direct_members": [10], "direct_subgroups": [11]}, "old": 11}
The set of users who have permission to mention this group,
expressed as an update to a group-setting value.
This setting cannot be set to "role:internet" and "role:owners"
system groups.
Changes: In Zulip 9.0 (feature level 260), this parameter was
updated to only accept an object with the old and new fields
described below. Prior to this feature level, this parameter could be
either of the two forms of a group-setting value.
Before Zulip 9.0 (feature level 258), this parameter could only be the
integer form of a group-setting value.
Before Zulip 8.0 (feature level 198), this parameter was named
can_mention_group_id.
New in Zulip 8.0 (feature level 191). Previously, groups could be
mentioned only if they were not system groups.
can_mention_group object details:
-
new: integer | object required The new group-setting value for who would
have the permission to mention the group.
This parameter must be one of the following:
The ID of the user group with this permission.
An object with the following fields:
-
old: integer | object optional The expected current group-setting value
for who has the permission to mention the group.
This parameter must be one of the following:
The ID of the user group with this permission.
An object with the following fields:
Response
Example response(s)
Changes: As of Zulip 7.0 (feature level 167), if any
parameters sent in the request are not supported by this
endpoint, a successful JSON response will include an
ignored_parameters_unsupported array.
A typical successful JSON response may look like:
{
"msg": "",
"result": "success"
}
An example JSON response when the user group ID is invalid:
{
"code": "BAD_REQUEST",
"msg": "Invalid user group",
"result": "error"
}