Amazon Cognito · JSON Structure

User Pools Group Type Structure

The group type.

Type: object Properties: 7
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GroupType is a JSON Structure definition published by Amazon Cognito, describing 7 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

GroupName UserPoolId Description RoleArn Precedence LastModifiedDate CreationDate

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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  "name": "GroupType",
  "description": "The group type.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "GroupName": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/GroupNameType"
        },
        {
          "description": "The name of the group."
        }
      ]
    },
    "UserPoolId": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UserPoolIdType"
        },
        {
          "description": "The user pool ID for the user pool."
        }
      ]
    },
    "Description": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DescriptionType"
        },
        {
          "description": "A string containing the description of the group."
        }
      ]
    },
    "RoleArn": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ArnType"
        },
        {
          "description": "The role Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the group."
        }
      ]
    },
    "Precedence": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PrecedenceType"
        },
        {
          "description": "<p>A non-negative integer value that specifies the precedence of this group relative to the other groups that a user can belong to in the user pool. Zero is the highest precedence value. Groups with lower <code>Precedence</code> values take precedence over groups with higher ornull <code>Precedence</code> values. If a user belongs to two or more groups, it is the group with the lowest precedence value whose role ARN is given in the user's tokens for the <code>cognito:roles</code> and <code>cognito:preferred_role</code> claims.</p> <p>Two groups can have the same <code>Precedence</code> value. If this happens, neither group takes precedence over the other. If two groups with the same <code>Precedence</code> have the same role ARN, that role is used in the <code>cognito:preferred_role</code> claim in tokens for users in each group. If the two groups have different role ARNs, the <code>cognito:preferred_role</code> claim isn't set in users' tokens.</p> <p>The default <code>Precedence</code> value is null.</p>"
        }
      ]
    },
    "LastModifiedDate": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DateType"
        },
        {
          "description": "The date and time, in <a href=\"https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html\">ISO 8601</a> format, when the item was modified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "CreationDate": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DateType"
        },
        {
          "description": "The date and time, in <a href=\"https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html\">ISO 8601</a> format, when the item was created."
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}