> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.cortex.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/groups.md). # 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"},"errorCode":{"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 (CID) for the entity. If the tag contains forward slashes, URL-encode each `/` as `%2F`. The tag is matched exactly as encoded, including leading, trailing, and consecutive slashes, which are preserved and not collapsed (for example, the tag `/services/payments-api` is referenced as `%2Fservices%2Fpayments-api`). Tags containing slashes are supported via the API but not in the Cortex UI; this difference is expected.","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":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/GroupMembership"}},"page":{"type":"integer","description":"Current page number, 0-indexed","format":"int32"},"total":{"type":"integer","description":"Total number of results","format":"int32"},"totalPages":{"type":"integer","description":"Total number of pages","format":"int32"}}},"ErrorResponse":{"required":["message","type"],"type":"object","properties":{"details":{"type":"string"},"errorCode":{"type":"string"},"gatewayHttpStatus":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"},"httpStatus":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"},"message":{"type":"string"},"requestId":{"type":"string"},"type":{"type":"string","enum":["INTEGRATION_MISSING","INTEGRATION_UNREGISTERED","INTEGRATION_UNSUPPORTED","INTEGRATION_GRAPHQL_ERROR","INTEGRATION_BAD_REQUEST","INTEGRATION_UNAUTHORIZED","INTEGRATION_FORBIDDEN","INTEGRATION_NOT_FOUND","INTEGRATION_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT","INTEGRATION_RATE_LIMITED","INTEGRATION_INTERNAL_ERROR","INTEGRATION_NOT_IMPLEMENTED","INTEGRATION_BAD_GATEWAY","INTEGRATION_UNAVAILABLE","INTEGRATION_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT","INTEGRATION_TIMED_OUT","INTEGRATION_CACHE_ERROR","INTEGRATION_UNHANDLED_HTTP_ERROR","INTEGRATION_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION","INTEGRATION_UNEXPECTED_ERROR","ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR","BAD_REQUEST","FORBIDDEN","NOT_FOUND","REQUEST_TIMEOUT","CONFLICT","UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION","UNCATEGORIZED","SERVICE_CREATOR","UNKNOWN_HOST","TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"]}}},"TooManyRequestsProblemDetail":{"required":["type","title","status"],"type":"object","properties":{"detail":{"type":"string"},"instance":{"type":"string","format":"uri-reference"},"retryAfter":{"minimum":0,"type":"integer","description":"The number of seconds until the rate limiting resets.","format":"int32"},"status":{"maximum":599,"minimum":100,"type":"integer","format":"int32","enum":[429]},"title":{"type":"string"},"type":{"type":"string","format":"uri-reference"}}}},"responses":{"TooManyRequests":{"content":{"application/problem+json":{"schema":{"$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 (CID) for the entity. If the tag contains forward slashes, URL-encode each `/` as `%2F`. The tag is matched exactly as encoded, including leading, trailing, and consecutive slashes, which are preserved and not collapsed (for example, the tag `/services/payments-api` is referenced as `%2Fservices%2Fpayments-api`). Tags containing slashes are supported via the API but not in the Cortex UI; this difference is expected.","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"},"errorCode":{"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. 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