Retrieving a dynamic group and listing members

You can retrieve dynamic groups by name or email. After you retrieve a group, you can list its memberships.

Retrieving a dynamic group by name

The following sample shows how to retrieve a dynamic group by name:

REST

To retrieve a dynamic group by name, call groups.get() with the resource name of the group.

Python

The following example shows how to retrieve a dynamic group by name using the python library:

def get_dynamic_group_by_name(name): service = build_service() response = service.groups().get(name=name).execute() return response

Retrieving a dynamic group by email

The following sample shows how to retrieve a dynamic group by email:

REST

To retrieve a dynamic group by email, call groups.get() with the group email address.

Python

The following example shows how to retrieve a dynamic group by email using the python library:

def get_dynamic_group_by_email(email): service = build_service() # First we use the email to get the groups name calling lookup() lookup_group_name_request = service.groups().lookup() param = "&groupKey.id=" + email lookup_group_name_request.uri += param lookup_group_name_response = lookup_group_name_request.execute() name = lookup_group_name_response.get("name") # Then we can call get() by passing in the group's name response = service.groups().get(name=name).execute() return response

Listing memberships of a dynamic group

The following sample shows how to list the memberships of a dynamic group:

REST

To list memberships of a group, call groups.memberships.get() with the resource name of the group.

Python

The following example shows how to list memberships of a dynamic group using the python library:

def get_dynamic_group_memberships(name): service = build_service() members_request = service.groups().memberships().list(parent=name) members_request.uri += "&view=FULL" response = members_request.execute() return response