Puntos de conexión de la API de REST para grupos externos

Acerca de los grupos externos

Para utilizar estos puntos de conexión, el usuario autenticado debe ser un mantenedor del equipo o un propietario de la organización asociada con este.

Get an external group

Displays information about the specific group's usage. Provides a list of the group's external members as well as a list of teams that this group is connected to.

You can manage team membership with your identity provider using Enterprise Managed Users for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see "GitHub's products" in the GitHub Help documentation.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get an external group"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Members" organization permissions (write)

Parámetros para "Get an external group"

Encabezados
Nombre, Tipo, Descripción
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Parámetros de ruta
Nombre, Tipo, Descripción
`org` string Obligatorio The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`group_id` integer Obligatorio The unique identifier of the group.

Parámetros de consulta
Nombre, Tipo, Descripción
`per_page` integer The number of results per page for the "members" array (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Valor predeterminado: `30`
`page` integer The page number of the "members" array results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Valor predeterminado: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "Get an external group"

Status code	Descripción
`200`	OK

Code samples for "Get an external group"

Request example

get/orgs/{org}/external-group/{group_id}

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/external-group/GROUP_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "group_id": "123",
  "group_name": "Octocat admins",
  "updated_at": "2021-01-24T11:31:04-06:00",
  "teams": [
    {
      "team_id": 1,
      "team_name": "team-test"
    },
    {
      "team_id": 2,
      "team_name": "team-test2"
    }
  ],
  "members": [
    {
      "member_id": 1,
      "member_login": "mona-lisa_eocsaxrs",
      "member_name": "Mona Lisa",
      "member_email": "mona_lisa@github.com"
    },
    {
      "member_id": 2,
      "member_login": "octo-lisa_eocsaxrs",
      "member_name": "Octo Lisa",
      "member_email": "octo_lisa@github.com"
    }
  ]
}

List external groups available to an organization

Lists external groups provisioned on the enterprise that are available to an organization. You can query the groups using the display_name parameter, only groups with a group_name containing the text provided in the display_name parameter will be returned. You can also limit your page results using the per_page parameter. GitHub Enterprise Server generates a url-encoded page token using a cursor value for where the next page begins. For more information on cursor pagination, see "Offset and Cursor Pagination explained."

You can manage team membership with your identity provider using Enterprise Managed Users for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see "GitHub's products" in the GitHub Help documentation.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List external groups available to an organization"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Members" organization permissions (write)

Parámetros para "List external groups available to an organization"

Encabezados
Nombre, Tipo, Descripción
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Parámetros de ruta
Nombre, Tipo, Descripción
`org` string Obligatorio The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Parámetros de consulta
Nombre, Tipo, Descripción
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Valor predeterminado: `30`
`page` integer Page token
`display_name` string Limits the list to groups containing the text in the group name

HTTP response status codes for "List external groups available to an organization"

Status code	Descripción
`200`	OK

Code samples for "List external groups available to an organization"

Request example

get/orgs/{org}/external-groups

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/external-groups

Response

Status: 200

{
  "groups": [
    {
      "group_id": "123",
      "group_name": "Octocat admins",
      "updated_at": "2021-01-24T11:31:04-06:00"
    },
    {
      "group_id": "456",
      "group_name": "Octocat docs members",
      "updated_at": "2021-03-24T11:31:04-06:00"
    }
  ]
}

List a connection between an external group and a team

Lists a connection between a team and an external group.

You can manage team membership with your identity provider using Enterprise Managed Users for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see "GitHub's products" in the GitHub Help documentation.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List a connection between an external group and a team"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Members" organization permissions (write)

Parámetros para "List a connection between an external group and a team"

Encabezados
Nombre, Tipo, Descripción
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Parámetros de ruta
Nombre, Tipo, Descripción
`org` string Obligatorio The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug` string Obligatorio The slug of the team name.

HTTP response status codes for "List a connection between an external group and a team"

Status code	Descripción
`200`	OK
`422`	Unprocessable entity if you attempt to modify an enterprise team at the organization level.

Code samples for "List a connection between an external group and a team"

Request example

get/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/external-groups

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/external-groups

Response

Status: 200

{
  "groups": [
    {
      "group_id": "123",
      "group_name": "Octocat admins",
      "updated_at": "2021-01-24T11:31:04-06:00"
    },
    {
      "group_id": "456",
      "group_name": "Octocat docs members",
      "updated_at": "2021-03-24T11:31:04-06:00"
    }
  ]
}

Update the connection between an external group and a team

Creates a connection between a team and an external group. Only one external group can be linked to a team.

You can manage team membership with your identity provider using Enterprise Managed Users for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see "GitHub's products" in the GitHub Help documentation.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Update the connection between an external group and a team"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Members" organization permissions (write)

Parámetros para "Update the connection between an external group and a team"

Encabezados
Nombre, Tipo, Descripción
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Parámetros de ruta
Nombre, Tipo, Descripción
`org` string Obligatorio The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug` string Obligatorio The slug of the team name.

Parámetros del cuerpo
Nombre, Tipo, Descripción
`group_id` integer Obligatorio External Group Id

HTTP response status codes for "Update the connection between an external group and a team"

Status code	Descripción
`200`	OK
`422`	Unprocessable entity if you attempt to modify an enterprise team at the organization level.

Code samples for "Update the connection between an external group and a team"

Request example

patch/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/external-groups

curl -L \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/external-groups \
  -d '{"group_id":123}'

Response

Status: 200

{
  "group_id": "123",
  "group_name": "Octocat admins",
  "updated_at": "2021-01-24T11:31:04-06:00",
  "teams": [
    {
      "team_id": 1,
      "team_name": "team-test"
    },
    {
      "team_id": 2,
      "team_name": "team-test2"
    }
  ],
  "members": [
    {
      "member_id": 1,
      "member_login": "mona-lisa_eocsaxrs",
      "member_name": "Mona Lisa",
      "member_email": "mona_lisa@github.com"
    },
    {
      "member_id": 2,
      "member_login": "octo-lisa_eocsaxrs",
      "member_name": "Octo Lisa",
      "member_email": "octo_lisa@github.com"
    }
  ]
}

Remove the connection between an external group and a team

Deletes a connection between a team and an external group.

You can manage team membership with your IdP using Enterprise Managed Users for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Remove the connection between an external group and a team"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Members" organization permissions (write)

Parámetros para "Remove the connection between an external group and a team"

Encabezados
Nombre, Tipo, Descripción
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Parámetros de ruta
Nombre, Tipo, Descripción
`org` string Obligatorio The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug` string Obligatorio The slug of the team name.

HTTP response status codes for "Remove the connection between an external group and a team"

Status code	Descripción
`204`	No Content
`422`	Unprocessable entity if you attempt to modify an enterprise team at the organization level.

Code samples for "Remove the connection between an external group and a team"

Request example

delete/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/external-groups

curl -L \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/external-groups

Response

Status: 204