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["Waldbieser, Carl" <>]

Swaroop,

I'm not sure exactly what you are after, but when I found myself creating the 
same pattern of folders and groups for each application we added to Grouper, 
I wrote a script to use from the Grouper Shell Wrappers project[1] (which 
just wraps the Grouper Shell in a nice REPL).

Here is my repository of handy scripts:

  https://github.com/cwaldbieser/grouper_jython_scripts

The "skeleton.py" script is one I use when setting up an "application" in 
Grouper.  I typical session would be like:

    
[root@grouper0
 DEV grouper.apiBinary-2.2.2]# ./bin/gsh.jython
    Using GROUPER_HOME: /opt/internet2/grouper/grouper.apiBinary-2.2.2
    Using GROUPER_CONF: /opt/internet2/grouper/grouper.apiBinary-2.2.2/conf
    Using JAVA: java
    using MEMORY: 64m-750m
    >>> import sys
    >>> sys.path.append("/root/grouper_scripts")
    >>> import skeleton      
    >>> print(skeleton.createAppSkeleton.__doc__)

        Create the skeleton folder structure for a new application including
        an administrative group.
        
        :param:`session`: Grouper session.
        :param:`parent_stem_path`: String path to parent folder.
        :param:`app_extension`: String name of the app folder (*not* full 
path).
        :param:`app_name`: String "friendly" name of app folder (defaults to 
app extension).
        
    >>> session = getRootSession()
    Grouper starting up: version: 2.2.2, build date: null, env: <no label 
configured>
    grouper.properties read from: 
/var/opt/internet2/grouper/grouper.apiBinary/conf/grouper.properties
    Grouper current directory is: /var/opt/internet2/grouper/grouper.apiBinary
    log4j.properties read from:   
/var/opt/internet2/grouper/grouper.apiBinary/conf/log4j.properties
    Grouper is logging to file:   
/var/opt/internet2/grouper/grouper.apiBinary/logs/grouper_error.log, at min 
level WARN for package: edu.internet2.middleware.grouper, based on 
log4j.properties
    grouper.hibernate.properties: 
/var/opt/internet2/grouper/grouper.apiBinary/conf/grouper.hibernate.properties
    grouper.hibernate.properties: 
null@null
    sources.xml read from:        
/var/opt/internet2/grouper/grouper.apiBinary/conf/sources.xml
    sources.xml groupersource id: g:gsa
    sources.xml ldap source id:   ldap: /etc/grouper/ldap.local.properties
    sources.xml groupersource id: grouperEntities
    sources.xml jdbc source id:   jdbc: GrouperJdbcConnectionProvider
    >>> skeleton.createAppSkeleton(session, "lc:app", "myapp")

The script then uses the Grouper API to create a basic folder structure and 
an admin group.

Thanks,
Carl Waldbieser
ITS Systems Programmer
Lafayette College

[1] https://github.com/wgthom/groovysh4grouper

----- Original Message -----
From: "Katika,Shanthi Swaroop" 
<>
To: 

Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2016 3:24:07 PM
Subject: [grouper-users] Creating groups through API

Hi, 
I’m just starting to learn the application. I have the basic canonical groups 
set up but I’m trying to create some custom groups on the fly based on the  
field values. Is there a way in grouper to do it through api or config 
changes without having to create each and every group manually? I have gone 
through the documentation but haven’t found anything that alludes to it. 

Also, I’m trying to do the same with opt in, opt out and overall groups. Is 
there a way to create all those required groups without having to create them 
manually for each canonical group ? 

Thanks! 
Swaroop