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Creating Permission Groups

Feature Overview

App admins can call this API to create a new permission group.

API Calling Description

Applicable Group Types

Group Type
Whether This RESTful API Is Supported
Private
Not supported, same as Work (Work Friend Group) in the new version
Public
Not supported
ChatRoom
Not supported, same as Meeting (Temporary Meeting Group) in the new version
AVChatRoom
Not supported
Community
Supported
Chat provides the aforementioned four types of groups. For details, refer to Group System.

Sample Request URL

https://xxxxxx/v4/group_open_http_svc/create_permission_group?sdkappid=88888888&identifier=admin&usersig=xxx&random=99999999&contenttype=json

Request Parameters

The table below only lists the parameters modified when calling this API and their descriptions. For details on the parameters, refer to RESTful API Overview.
Parameter
Description
xxxxxx
The dedicated domain name for the country/region where your SDKAppID is located:
China: console.tim.qq.com
Singapore: adminapisgp.im.qcloud.com
Seoul: adminapikr.im.qcloud.com
Frankfurt: adminapiger.im.qcloud.com
Silicon Valley: adminapiusa.im.qcloud.com
Jakarta: adminapiidn.im.qcloud.com
v4/group_open_http_svc/create_permission_group
Request API
sdkappid
SDKAppID assigned by the Chat console when an app is created
identifier
You must be an app admin account. For details, refer to App Admins.
usersig
The signature generated by the app admin account. For details, refer to Generating UserSig.
random
A random 32-bit unsigned integer ranging from 0 to 4294967295
contenttype
Request format fixed value: json

Maximum Calling Frequency

200 queries/sec.

Sample Request Packet

Basic Form
{
    "GroupId": "@TGS#_@TGS#cV6IHIIM62C4",    // Group ID belonging to the permission group
    "PermissionGroupId": "@PMG#_test_permission_group",  // Permission group ID
    "PermissionGroupName": "test_permission_group", // Permission group name
    "Permission": 123,  // Specific permission
    "CustomString": "test_custom_string"   // Custom field
}

Description of Request Packet Fields

Field
Type
Attribute
Description
GroupId
String
Required
Group ID
PermissionGroupId
String
Optional
Permission group ID. To simplify the permission group ID and make it easier to remember and disseminate, Tencent Cloud allows you to customize permission group IDs in the app when creating a permission group through the RESTful API Customizing Permission Group IDs. If this parameter is not specified, the system will generate a default permission group ID and return it.
PermissionGroupName
String
Required
The name of the permission group. It can contain up to 150 UTF-8 encoded bytes, and 1 Chinese character occupies 3 bytes.
Permission
Integer
Required
The specific permissions associated with the permission group, where each bit represents a type of permission. For details on the permission bits, refer to Permission Bits.
CustomString
String
Optional
The custom fields of the permission group. It can contain up to 3000 bytes. The business layer can use this field to meet the needs of special scenarios.

Sample Response Packet

{
    "ActionStatus": "OK",
    "ErrorInfo": "",
    "ErrorCode": 0,
    "PermissionGroupId": "@PMG#_test_permission_group"
}

Response packet field description

Field
Type
Description
ActionStatus
String
Result of the request processing:
OK: Indicates successful processing.
FAIL: Indicates failure.
ErrorCode
Integer
Error code
0: Indicates success.
Non-zero: Indicates failure.
ErrorInfo
String
Error message
PermissionGroupId
String
Returned permission group ID

Error Codes

Unless a network error (such as a 502 error) occurs, the HTTP return code for this API is always 200. The real error code and error message are indicated by ErrorCode and ErrorInfo in the response packet body. Common error codes (60000 to 79999) can be found in the Error Codes document. The private error codes for this API are as follows:
Error Code
Description
10002
Internal server error. Try again.
10003
Illegal request command word
10004
Invalid parameter. Check if the request is correct based on the error description.
10007
Insufficient operation permissions, such as lacking the permission to create a permission group
10010
The group does not exist, or it existed in the past but has now been dissolved.
10015
Invalid group ID. Check if the group ID is filled in correctly.
10016
The developer backend has denied this operation through third-party callback.
10019
The requested UserID does not exist. Check if all Member_Accounts in the MemberList are correct.
10021
The created permission group ID has been used, indicating a possible duplication in creating permission groups.
10037
The number of permission groups created exceeds the limit.
110006
The permission group does not exist, or it existed in the past but has now been dissolved.
110008
Invalid permission group ID. Check if the permission group ID is filled in correctly.

API Debugging Tool

Use the RESTful API Online Debugging Tool to debug this API.

References

Terminating Permission Groups (Terminating Permission Groups)
Modifying Permission Group Information (Modifying Permission Group Information)
Obtaining Permission Group Information (Obtaining Permission Group Information)