Stack Overflow User Groups API

Operations for managing user groups in a Teams workspace.

Operations 2

GET /teams/{team}/user-groups Get Team User Groups #
POST /teams/{team}/user-groups Create a Team User Group #

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OpenAPI Specification

stack-overflow-user-groups-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Stack Overflow for Teams User Groups API
  description: The Stack Overflow for Teams API v3 provides read and write access to private team knowledge bases hosted on Stack Overflow for Teams. It supports managing questions, answers, articles, user groups, subject matter experts (SMEs), tags, and team members. The API uses Personal Access Token (PAT) authentication via the Authorization Bearer header. Business tier subscriptions have read/write access; Basic tier has read-only access.
  version: v3
  contact:
    name: Stack Overflow for Teams Support
    url: https://stackoverflow.com/teams
  termsOfService: https://stackoverflow.com/legal/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://api.stackoverflowteams.com/v3
  description: Stack Overflow for Teams API v3
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: User Groups
  description: Operations for managing user groups in a Teams workspace.
paths:
  /teams/{team}/user-groups:
    get:
      operationId: getTeamUserGroups
      summary: Get Team User Groups
      description: Returns a list of user groups in the specified Stack Overflow for Teams workspace. User groups can be assigned as SMEs for tags.
      tags:
      - User Groups
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/team'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pagesize'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/filter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of user groups in the team workspace
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserGroupsResponse'
    post:
      operationId: createTeamUserGroup
      summary: Create a Team User Group
      description: Creates a new user group in a Stack Overflow for Teams workspace. Requires write access.
      tags:
      - User Groups
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/team'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateUserGroupRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: User group created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserGroup'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error_id:
          type: integer
        error_message:
          type: string
        error_name:
          type: string
    UserGroupsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserGroup'
        has_more:
          type: boolean
        total:
          type: integer
    CreateUserGroupRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        member_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
    UserGroup:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          description: Unique identifier of the user group
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the user group
        description:
          type: string
          description: Description of the user group
        member_count:
          type: integer
          description: Number of members in the group
        creation_date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  parameters:
    filter:
      name: filter
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Filter to control which fields are returned
    pagesize:
      name: pagesize
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 100
        default: 30
      description: Number of results per page (max 100)
    page:
      name: page
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 1
      description: Page number (1-indexed)
    team:
      name: team
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The slug of the Stack Overflow for Teams workspace. If your team lives at stackoverflowteams.com/c/my-team, the slug is my-team.
      example: my-team
  responses:
    Forbidden:
      description: Insufficient permissions (requires write access or Business tier)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Personal Access Token (PAT) authentication. Pass your PAT as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. Generate tokens from your Stack Overflow for Teams account settings.
externalDocs:
  description: Stack Overflow for Teams API Documentation
  url: https://api.stackoverflowteams.com/docs