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Updating group member roles through Python API

JamesMacCarthy — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:33:49 GMT

Is there a way to add a user to a group as a group admin using the "add_users" function in the python API? I saw there is a way to do this with the role parameter in the "invite_users" function but not sure why there isn't the same parameter for "add_users." Would rather just invite the user instead of requiring them to accept an invitation...

Also tried looking for a way to update group member roles through the python API and can't seem to find anything to elevate a group member from user to admin. Is this possible?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

Re: Updating group member roles through Python API

VishApte — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:13:38 GMT

I have a same problem in 10.7.1. There is no Python API to elevate user's role in a group.

I am working on large script to migrate portal named users to SAML log-ins. ArcGIS API for Python does not seem to have every REST API covered. I ended up making REST calls in some places where Python API doesn't exist or returns error. Here is a code for updating users' role in a group to group admin.

grp_user_role_url = r"{}/sharing/rest/community/groups/{}/updateUsers".format(base_portal_url, group_obj.id)
params = {'admins': user_obj.username,
          'token': portal_token,
          'f': 'json'}
encoded_params = urlencode(params).encode()
request = Request(grp_user_role_url, encoded_params)
request.add_header('Referer', base_portal_url)
rest_upd_user = urlopen(request).read().decode()
json_response = json.loads(rest_upd_user)

Re: Updating group member roles through Python API

jorisfrenkel — Mon, 01 May 2023 15:01:23 GMT

According to the documentation at arcgis.gis module | ArcGIS API for Python this should be possible by using the keyword "admin":

group.add_users(usernames=["User1234","User5678"], admin="Admin9012")

But I haven't got this working.
I get the error message:

TypeError: add_users() got an unexpected keyword argument 'admin'

Maybe only working in Portal and not in ArcGIS Online?

Re: Updating group member roles through Python API

ShayneODonnell — Mon, 08 May 2023 17:54:08 GMT

I found there is an error in the documentation and the keyword needs to be passed in as "admins" not "admin".

Re: Updating group member roles through Python API

jorisfrenkel — Tue, 09 May 2023 15:27:54 GMT

It is working now for me in ArcGIS Online, but not in Pro. My Pro version is a bit older, so an older version of the API, maybe that's the problem. However, I have another issue (create a new user) that is not working in ArcGIS Online, but is working in Pro, so yeah, what should I use now...

Re: Updating group member roles through Python API

MarcelBeckmann — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 08:55:11 GMT

So is it possible to update an existing group member from 'users' to 'admins'?
Or do I have to remove the user from the group and add the user as admin?