# Groups Use these operations to interact with [groups](/ingesting-data-into-cortex/entities-overview/entities/groups.md) on entities in Cortex. ### Required permissions Your API key must have the `Edit entities` permission. ## Operations ## GET /api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/groups > Retrieve groups for entity ```json {"openapi":"3.0.1","info":{"title":"Cortex API","version":"v1"},"tags":[{"name":"Groups"}],"servers":[{"url":"https://api.getcortexapp.com","description":"Cortex Cloud API host"}],"security":[{"bearerAuth":[]}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"bearerAuth":{"bearerFormat":"JWT","description":"All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an `Authorization: Bearer ` header, where `` is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.","scheme":"bearer","type":"http"}},"schemas":{"GroupMembershipsResponse":{"required":["groups","page","total","totalPages"],"type":"object","properties":{"groups":{"type":"array","items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/GroupMembership"}},"page":{"type":"integer","description":"Current page number, 0-indexed","format":"int32"},"total":{"type":"integer","description":"Total number of results","format":"int32"},"totalPages":{"type":"integer","description":"Total number of pages","format":"int32"}}},"GroupMembership":{"required":["tag"],"type":"object","properties":{"tag":{"type":"string"}}},"ErrorResponse":{"required":["message","type"],"type":"object","properties":{"details":{"type":"string"},"gatewayHttpStatus":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"},"httpStatus":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"},"message":{"type":"string"},"requestId":{"type":"string"},"type":{"type":"string","enum":["INTEGRATION_MISSING","INTEGRATION_UNREGISTERED","INTEGRATION_UNSUPPORTED","INTEGRATION_GRAPHQL_ERROR","INTEGRATION_BAD_REQUEST","INTEGRATION_UNAUTHORIZED","INTEGRATION_FORBIDDEN","INTEGRATION_NOT_FOUND","INTEGRATION_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT","INTEGRATION_RATE_LIMITED","INTEGRATION_INTERNAL_ERROR","INTEGRATION_NOT_IMPLEMENTED","INTEGRATION_BAD_GATEWAY","INTEGRATION_UNAVAILABLE","INTEGRATION_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT","INTEGRATION_TIMED_OUT","INTEGRATION_CACHE_ERROR","INTEGRATION_UNHANDLED_HTTP_ERROR","INTEGRATION_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION","INTEGRATION_UNEXPECTED_ERROR","ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR","BAD_REQUEST","FORBIDDEN","NOT_FOUND","REQUEST_TIMEOUT","CONFLICT","UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION","UNCATEGORIZED","SERVICE_CREATOR","UNKNOWN_HOST","TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"]}}},"TooManyRequestsProblemDetail":{"required":["type","title","status"],"type":"object","properties":{"detail":{"type":"string"},"instance":{"type":"string","format":"uri-reference"},"retryAfter":{"minimum":0,"type":"integer","description":"The number of seconds until the rate limiting resets.","format":"int32"},"status":{"maximum":599,"minimum":100,"type":"integer","format":"int32","enum":[429]},"title":{"type":"string"},"type":{"type":"string","format":"uri-reference"}}}},"responses":{"TooManyRequests":{"content":{"application/problem+json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/TooManyRequestsProblemDetail"}}},"description":"The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.","headers":{"Retry-After":{"description":"The number of seconds until the rate limiting resets.","schema":{"minimum":0,"type":"integer","format":"int32"}}}}}},"paths":{"/api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/groups":{"get":{"operationId":"listGroupsForEntity","parameters":[{"description":"The tag (`x-cortex-tag`) or unique, auto-generated identifier for the entity.","in":"path","name":"tagOrId","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string","description":"Entity identifier - can be a tag or CID"}},{"description":"Number of results to return per page, between 1 and 1000. Default 250.","in":"query","name":"pageSize","required":true,"schema":{"type":"integer","format":"int32","default":250}},{"description":"Page number to return, 0-indexed. Default 0.","in":"query","name":"page","required":true,"schema":{"type":"integer","format":"int32","default":0}}],"responses":{"200":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/GroupMembershipsResponse"}}},"description":"Successfully retrieved groups"},"404":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"}}},"description":"Entity not found"},"429":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/TooManyRequests"}},"summary":"Retrieve groups for entity","tags":["Groups"]}}}} ``` ## PUT /api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/groups > Add groups to entity ```json {"openapi":"3.0.1","info":{"title":"Cortex API","version":"v1"},"tags":[{"name":"Groups"}],"servers":[{"url":"https://api.getcortexapp.com","description":"Cortex Cloud API host"}],"security":[{"bearerAuth":[]}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"bearerAuth":{"bearerFormat":"JWT","description":"All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an `Authorization: Bearer ` header, where `` is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.","scheme":"bearer","type":"http"}},"schemas":{"GroupMembershipsRequest":{"required":["groups"],"type":"object","properties":{"groups":{"type":"array","items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/GroupMembership"}}}},"GroupMembership":{"required":["tag"],"type":"object","properties":{"tag":{"type":"string"}}},"GroupMembershipsResponse":{"required":["groups","page","total","totalPages"],"type":"object","properties":{"groups":{"type":"array","items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/GroupMembership"}},"page":{"type":"integer","description":"Current page number, 0-indexed","format":"int32"},"total":{"type":"integer","description":"Total number of results","format":"int32"},"totalPages":{"type":"integer","description":"Total number of pages","format":"int32"}}},"ErrorResponse":{"required":["message","type"],"type":"object","properties":{"details":{"type":"string"},"gatewayHttpStatus":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"},"httpStatus":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"},"message":{"type":"string"},"requestId":{"type":"string"},"type":{"type":"string","enum":["INTEGRATION_MISSING","INTEGRATION_UNREGISTERED","INTEGRATION_UNSUPPORTED","INTEGRATION_GRAPHQL_ERROR","INTEGRATION_BAD_REQUEST","INTEGRATION_UNAUTHORIZED","INTEGRATION_FORBIDDEN","INTEGRATION_NOT_FOUND","INTEGRATION_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT","INTEGRATION_RATE_LIMITED","INTEGRATION_INTERNAL_ERROR","INTEGRATION_NOT_IMPLEMENTED","INTEGRATION_BAD_GATEWAY","INTEGRATION_UNAVAILABLE","INTEGRATION_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT","INTEGRATION_TIMED_OUT","INTEGRATION_CACHE_ERROR","INTEGRATION_UNHANDLED_HTTP_ERROR","INTEGRATION_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION","INTEGRATION_UNEXPECTED_ERROR","ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR","BAD_REQUEST","FORBIDDEN","NOT_FOUND","REQUEST_TIMEOUT","CONFLICT","UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION","UNCATEGORIZED","SERVICE_CREATOR","UNKNOWN_HOST","TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"]}}},"TooManyRequestsProblemDetail":{"required":["type","title","status"],"type":"object","properties":{"detail":{"type":"string"},"instance":{"type":"string","format":"uri-reference"},"retryAfter":{"minimum":0,"type":"integer","description":"The number of seconds until the rate limiting resets.","format":"int32"},"status":{"maximum":599,"minimum":100,"type":"integer","format":"int32","enum":[429]},"title":{"type":"string"},"type":{"type":"string","format":"uri-reference"}}}},"responses":{"TooManyRequests":{"content":{"application/problem+json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/TooManyRequestsProblemDetail"}}},"description":"The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.","headers":{"Retry-After":{"description":"The number of seconds until the rate limiting resets.","schema":{"minimum":0,"type":"integer","format":"int32"}}}}}},"paths":{"/api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/groups":{"put":{"operationId":"addGroupsToEntity","parameters":[{"description":"The tag (`x-cortex-tag`) or unique, auto-generated identifier for the entity.","in":"path","name":"tagOrId","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string","description":"Entity identifier - can be a tag or CID"}}],"requestBody":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/GroupMembershipsRequest"}}},"required":true},"responses":{"200":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/GroupMembershipsResponse"}}},"description":"Successfully created group memberships"},"400":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"}}},"description":"Bad Request"},"404":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"}}},"description":"Entity not found"},"429":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/TooManyRequests"}},"summary":"Add groups to entity","tags":["Groups"]}}}} ``` ## DELETE /api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/groups > Delete groups from entity ```json {"openapi":"3.0.1","info":{"title":"Cortex API","version":"v1"},"tags":[{"name":"Groups"}],"servers":[{"url":"https://api.getcortexapp.com","description":"Cortex Cloud API host"}],"security":[{"bearerAuth":[]}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"bearerAuth":{"bearerFormat":"JWT","description":"All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an `Authorization: Bearer ` header, where `` is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.","scheme":"bearer","type":"http"}},"schemas":{"GroupMembershipsRequest":{"required":["groups"],"type":"object","properties":{"groups":{"type":"array","items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/GroupMembership"}}}},"GroupMembership":{"required":["tag"],"type":"object","properties":{"tag":{"type":"string"}}},"ErrorResponse":{"required":["message","type"],"type":"object","properties":{"details":{"type":"string"},"gatewayHttpStatus":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"},"httpStatus":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"},"message":{"type":"string"},"requestId":{"type":"string"},"type":{"type":"string","enum":["INTEGRATION_MISSING","INTEGRATION_UNREGISTERED","INTEGRATION_UNSUPPORTED","INTEGRATION_GRAPHQL_ERROR","INTEGRATION_BAD_REQUEST","INTEGRATION_UNAUTHORIZED","INTEGRATION_FORBIDDEN","INTEGRATION_NOT_FOUND","INTEGRATION_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT","INTEGRATION_RATE_LIMITED","INTEGRATION_INTERNAL_ERROR","INTEGRATION_NOT_IMPLEMENTED","INTEGRATION_BAD_GATEWAY","INTEGRATION_UNAVAILABLE","INTEGRATION_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT","INTEGRATION_TIMED_OUT","INTEGRATION_CACHE_ERROR","INTEGRATION_UNHANDLED_HTTP_ERROR","INTEGRATION_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION","INTEGRATION_UNEXPECTED_ERROR","ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR","BAD_REQUEST","FORBIDDEN","NOT_FOUND","REQUEST_TIMEOUT","CONFLICT","UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION","UNCATEGORIZED","SERVICE_CREATOR","UNKNOWN_HOST","TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"]}}},"TooManyRequestsProblemDetail":{"required":["type","title","status"],"type":"object","properties":{"detail":{"type":"string"},"instance":{"type":"string","format":"uri-reference"},"retryAfter":{"minimum":0,"type":"integer","description":"The number of seconds until the rate limiting resets.","format":"int32"},"status":{"maximum":599,"minimum":100,"type":"integer","format":"int32","enum":[429]},"title":{"type":"string"},"type":{"type":"string","format":"uri-reference"}}}},"responses":{"TooManyRequests":{"content":{"application/problem+json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/TooManyRequestsProblemDetail"}}},"description":"The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.","headers":{"Retry-After":{"description":"The number of seconds until the rate limiting resets.","schema":{"minimum":0,"type":"integer","format":"int32"}}}}}},"paths":{"/api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/groups":{"delete":{"operationId":"deleteGroupsFromEntity","parameters":[{"description":"The tag (`x-cortex-tag`) or unique, auto-generated identifier for the entity.","in":"path","name":"tagOrId","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string","description":"Entity identifier - can be a tag or CID"}}],"requestBody":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/GroupMembershipsRequest"}}},"required":true},"responses":{"200":{"description":"Successfully deleted group memberships"},"400":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"}}},"description":"Bad Request"},"404":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"}}},"description":"Entity not found"},"429":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/TooManyRequests"}},"summary":"Delete groups from entity","tags":["Groups"]}}}} ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/groups.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.