Keycloak Groups API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Keycloak Admin REST Clients Groups API
  description: The Keycloak Admin REST API provides endpoints for managing all aspects of a Keycloak deployment, including realms, users, clients, roles, groups, and identity providers. All endpoints require authentication via a bearer token obtained from the Keycloak token endpoint.
  version: 26.0.0
  contact:
    name: Keycloak
    url: https://www.keycloak.org/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://{host}/admin/realms
  description: Keycloak Admin REST API
  variables:
    host:
      default: localhost:8080
      description: Keycloak server host and port
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Groups
  description: Manage user groups within a realm
paths:
  /{realm}/users/{userId}/groups:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/realm'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/userId'
    get:
      operationId: getUserGroups
      summary: Keycloak Get groups for a user
      tags:
      - Groups
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of group representations
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupRepresentation'
  /{realm}/users/{userId}/groups/{groupId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/realm'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/userId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/groupId'
    put:
      operationId: addUserToGroup
      summary: Keycloak Add a user to a group
      tags:
      - Groups
      responses:
        '204':
          description: User added to group
    delete:
      operationId: removeUserFromGroup
      summary: Keycloak Remove a user from a group
      tags:
      - Groups
      responses:
        '204':
          description: User removed from group
  /{realm}/groups:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/realm'
    get:
      operationId: getGroups
      summary: Keycloak List groups
      description: Returns a list of top-level groups in the realm.
      tags:
      - Groups
      parameters:
      - name: search
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: first
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: max
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: briefRepresentation
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of group representations
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupRepresentation'
    post:
      operationId: createGroup
      summary: Keycloak Create a top-level group
      tags:
      - Groups
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupRepresentation'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Group created successfully
  /{realm}/groups/{groupId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/realm'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/groupId'
    get:
      operationId: getGroup
      summary: Keycloak Get a group
      tags:
      - Groups
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A group representation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupRepresentation'
        '404':
          description: Group not found
    put:
      operationId: updateGroup
      summary: Keycloak Update a group
      tags:
      - Groups
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupRepresentation'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Group updated successfully
    delete:
      operationId: deleteGroup
      summary: Keycloak Delete a group
      tags:
      - Groups
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Group deleted successfully
  /{realm}/groups/{groupId}/children:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/realm'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/groupId'
    post:
      operationId: createChildGroup
      summary: Keycloak Create a child group
      description: Creates a new subgroup under the specified parent group.
      tags:
      - Groups
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupRepresentation'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Child group created
  /{realm}/groups/{groupId}/members:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/realm'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/groupId'
    get:
      operationId: getGroupMembers
      summary: Keycloak Get members of a group
      tags:
      - Groups
      parameters:
      - name: first
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: max
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of user representations
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserRepresentation'
components:
  parameters:
    realm:
      name: realm
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The name of the realm
      schema:
        type: string
    groupId:
      name: groupId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The UUID of the group
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
    userId:
      name: userId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The UUID of the user
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
  schemas:
    UserRepresentation:
      type: object
      description: Representation of a Keycloak user
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        username:
          type: string
        firstName:
          type: string
        lastName:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        emailVerified:
          type: boolean
        enabled:
          type: boolean
        createdTimestamp:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          readOnly: true
        attributes:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
        credentials:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialRepresentation'
          writeOnly: true
        requiredActions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        federatedIdentities:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              identityProvider:
                type: string
              userId:
                type: string
              userName:
                type: string
        realmRoles:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        clientRoles:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
        groups:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        totp:
          type: boolean
        federationLink:
          type: string
        serviceAccountClientId:
          type: string
        notBefore:
          type: integer
    CredentialRepresentation:
      type: object
      description: Representation of a user credential
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          description: The credential type (e.g., password, otp)
        value:
          type: string
          writeOnly: true
        temporary:
          type: boolean
          description: If true, user must change the credential on next login
        createdDate:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        userLabel:
          type: string
    GroupRepresentation:
      type: object
      description: Representation of a user group in Keycloak
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        name:
          type: string
        path:
          type: string
          description: Full path of the group including parent groups
        subGroups:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupRepresentation'
        attributes:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
        realmRoles:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        clientRoles:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: Access token obtained from the Keycloak token endpoint. Use the master realm admin credentials or a service account with appropriate realm-management roles.