how to access content in a group through portal

[YifanLiu]

I need to access a secured feature layer that belongs to my group. I have implemented the OAuth login and am able to access my own content. However, I cannot seem to be able to find a way to reach into my groups content list. Anyone has any suggestions?

Thanks!

[NagmaYasmin]

Hi Yifan,

Have you tried to use PortalItem.GetGroupsAsync() to get the list of the groups you have access. I think once you get the access of theat group, you may find the list of the available contents in that group.

PortalItem Methods --> "Gets the groups the item is a part of. Only shows the groups which the calling user can access."

Hope that helps.

Nagma

[YifanLiu]

The PortalGroup class, which can be accessed through getGroupsAsync, does not provide a way to see the content in the group. But thanks still Nagma!

[JoeHershman]

Is the issue not knowing how to query a group or not seeing the group event though you are a member?  The former would be answered using the method described above, and there are various ways to query groups.  I have come across the latter issue which required a Portal reboot.  I don't understand why this is, just know it solved the problem.  I had groups that I was a member, I could log onto Portal through the browser and see the group and content, however, when I queried from Runtime the groups were not found.  After pulling out my hair for a few hours decided to reboot Portal and that fixed the issue. 

[YifanLiu]

Could you elaborate how to query group content? GetGroupsAsync does not seem to provide a way to query the content in a group.

[JoeHershman · Accepted solution]

It is a two step process because for some reason when you query for the contents of a group you need the group id not the group name.

This will get you the PortalGroup object

private async Task<PortalGroup> GroupFromTitle(string groupTitle)
{
     PortalQueryParameters parameters = PortalQueryParameters.CreateForGroups("", groupTitle);

     PortalQueryResultSet<PortalGroup> groupResultSet = await _portal.FindGroupsAsync(parameters);
     PortalGroup offlineGroup = groupResultSet.Results.FirstOrDefault();
     return offlineGroup;
}‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

You can pass in the group from above and this will return the items in that group.

private async Task LoadItemsFromGroup(PortalGroup portalGroup, PortalItemType itemType)
{
     PortalQueryParameters groupParameters = PortalQueryParameters.CreateForItemsOfTypeInGroup(itemType, portalGroup.GroupId);

     PortalQueryResultSet<PortalItem> queryResultSet = await portalGroup.Portal.FindItemsAsync(groupParameters);

     foreach (var portalItem in queryResultSet.Results)
     {
          PortalItems.Add(new PortalListItem(portalItem));
     }
}‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

[YifanLiu]

This is exactly what I need, thank you!