How to get a list of groups that a user belongs to using jira rest api?

[Andrei Iorga]

Hello, I am using jira server and I want to get a list of the groups that a user belongs to based on the username or user email. According to this documentation:

 https://docs.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/REST/8.13.1/#api/2/user-getUser

 I should get such a list of groups when I call the Get User endpoint. However unlike the documentation, I have an empty "items" field in the response body. Is there a way to solve this or any way to get this list of groups? Thank you.

[Daniel Ebers · Accepted solution]

Hi Andrei,

not the first time this was mentioned but too early to give up.

It was said that this works instead:

/rest/api/2/user?username=username&expand=groups

Could you please try?

Thanks,
Daniel

[Dave Menconi]

I tried and it worked for me. /rest/api/2/user?username=username&expand=groups
I'm running 18.22.3 and I'm an admin.

Yeah the question was asked 2 years ago but, believe me, it's still relevant. 

Thanks Daniel!

Dave

[Mehmet A _Bloompeak_]

Hi @Andrei Iorga ,

I am not sure, but can it be the case that it requires the requestor of the REST call to have admin rights? That is, if you are not admin, jira does not allow to view groups of another user.

[Andrei Iorga]

Hi @Mehmet A _Bloompeak_  thank you for your answer. I have tried the REST with a requestor with admin rights and the response is the same.