# UW Groups Web Service (GWS)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/groups-web-service/  
**Provider:** University of Washington — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-washington/  
**Base URL:** https://groups.uw.edu/group_sws/v3  
**Documentation:** https://webservices.washington.edu/groups/index.html

UW Groups Web Service (GWS) is one of 32 APIs that [University of Washington](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-washington/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Identity, Group, Membership, IAM, and Enterprise Web Services. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

The University of Washington Group Service API — UW-IT's institution-operated group registry and membership service. UW publishes the OpenAPI itself, with an explicit termsOfService (washington.edu/online/terms), an Apache-2.0 license declaration and a help@uw.edu contact, and its servers[] name the production, evaluation and development hosts as well as a deprecated UWCA-certificate host. eduPersonPrincipalName is modelled directly in the contract.

## Operations (18)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/group/{groupid}` | — |
| PUT | `/group/{groupid}` | — |
| DELETE | `/group/{groupid}` | — |
| PUT | `/groupMove/{groupid}` | — |
| GET | `/group/{groupid}/member` | — |
| PUT | `/group/{groupid}/member` | — |
| GET | `/group/{groupid}/member?view=count` | — |
| GET | `/group/{groupid}/member/{memberid}` | — |
| PUT | `/group/{groupid}/member/{memberid}` | — |
| DELETE | `/group/{groupid}/member/{memberid}` | — |
| GET | `/group/{groupid}/effective_member` | — |
| GET | `/group/{groupid}/effective_member?view=count` | — |
| GET | `/group/{groupid}/effective_member/{memberid}` | — |
| GET | `/group/{groupid}/affiliate/{affiliate}` | — |
| PUT | `/group/{groupid}/affiliate/{affiliate}` | — |
| DELETE | `/group/{groupid}/affiliate/{affiliate}` | — |
| GET | `/group/{groupid}/history` | — |
| GET | `/search` | — |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-washington/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-washington-groups-web-service-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://iam-tools.u.washington.edu/apis/gws/
- **Documentation** — https://webservices.washington.edu/groups/index.html

## Other University of Washington APIs (12)

- [Identity Registration Web Service (IRWS)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/identity-registry-web-service/)
- [UW-IT Enterprise Web Services Registry](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/enterprise-web-services/)
- [UW Token Authentication Web Service (TAWS)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/token-authentication-web-service/)
- [UW Shibboleth Identity Provider (InCommon)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/identity-federation/)
- [ResearchWorks Repository (DSpace REST + OAI-PMH)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/researchworks-dspace/)
- [Student Web Service (SWS) Campus API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-campus-api/)
- [IdCard Web Service (IdCardWS) Card API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-card-api/)
- [Student Web Service (SWS) College API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-college-api/)
- [Student Web Service (SWS) Course API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-course-api/)
- [Student Web Service (SWS) Curriculum API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-curriculum-api/)
- [Student Web Service (SWS) Degree API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-degree-api/)
- [Student Web Service (SWS) Degree Audit API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-degreeaudit-api/)

## Tags

Identity, Group, Membership, IAM, Enterprise Web Services

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