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["Katika,Shanthi Swaroop" <>]

Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for. It’s in the documentation but I don’t know how I missed it. 

For my next question, is there an api to make a group group-loader? All the groups I create through the api need to be group-loader groups. 

Best,

Swaroop

From: Julio Polo <>
Date: Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 11:00 PM
To: temp <>
Cc: "Hyzer, Chris" <>, "" <>
Subject: Re: [grouper-users] Re: Creating groups through API

I think you're looking for Group Save:

https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/Grouper/Group+Save

Julio Polo
University of Hawaii

On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Katika,Shanthi Swaroop <> wrote:

Thank You! It certainly does solve my second question! I’m using the web services to get a list of members, groups, add members, etc,. but haven’t been able to find the the web service to add a completely new group.

Best,
Swaroop

On 5/5/16, 8:41 PM, "Hyzer, Chris" <> wrote:

>The loader could create optin/optout groups for you, see this as an example (doesn’t do optin/optout but you get the idea):
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>https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/Grouper/Grouper+Loader+classlist+example+from+Penn
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>from php you could call Grouper web services right?
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>Thanks
>Chris
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Katika,Shanthi Swaroop [mailto:]
>Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 4:14 PM
>To: Hyzer, Chris <>;
>Subject: Re: Creating groups through API
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>Thank you for the quick reply.
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>I’m already using group loader groups for my initial groups. The members/subjects contain several meta data fields like departments, interests, etc,. I’m trying to create several groups based on these meta fields. Creating groups manually for each of them would be very inefficent. So, I’m basically looking for any available APIs that would let me interact with Grouper application to create new groups through my PHP Code, where most of the logic would be defined. I’m using PHP to implement them.
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>Rethinking the second question, it’s basically the same as my first question. All the groups created above should only be updated  by the group loader, so I’m going through the recommended method of creating Opt in, opt out and overall groups. Instead of creating these groups manually for each of the above canonical groups, if an api exists to create groups, I could just use it. But so far, I haven’t had any luck in finding it.
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>Best,
>Swaroop
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>P.S. Just realized, I sent my previous email only to Chris. Resending it to the group.
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>On 5/5/16, 7:54 PM, "Hyzer, Chris" <> wrote:
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>>For the first question, maybe the Grouper Loader would help?
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>>For the second, maybe something like the include/exclude.  Maybe give a detailed write up of what you want and we could see if there is something quick for you.
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>>Thanks,
>>Chris
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of Katika,Shanthi Swaroop
>>Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 3:24 PM
>>To:
>>Subject: [grouper-users] Creating groups through API
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>>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.
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>>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 ?
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>>Thanks!
>>Swaroop