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# List Permission Groups

GET http://localhost:8080/api/v3/permission-groups

Reference: https://apidocs.sare.africa/sare-core-api/identity/permissions/list-permission-groups

## Response

### 200

OK

- `code` (integer, required)
- `data` (list of object, required)
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `permissions` (list of object, required)
    - `id` (string, required)
    - `name` (string, required)
- `message` (string, required)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "code": 200,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "d3e9c1a2-4b5c-4d6e-8f7a-9b0c1d2e3f4a",
      "name": "User Management",
      "permissions": [
        {
          "id": "c2f8a1b2-3c4d-4e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b",
          "name": "users:read"
        },
        {
          "id": "d3g9b2c3-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d",
          "name": "users:write"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "message": "Retrieved permission groups successfully"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Identity_Permissions_List Permission Groups_example
import requests

url = "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/permission-groups"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Identity_Permissions_List Permission Groups_example
const url = 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/permission-groups';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Identity_Permissions_List Permission Groups_example
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/permission-groups"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Identity_Permissions_List Permission Groups_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/permission-groups")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Identity_Permissions_List Permission Groups_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/permission-groups")
  .asString();
```

```php Identity_Permissions_List Permission Groups_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/permission-groups');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Identity_Permissions_List Permission Groups_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/permission-groups");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Identity_Permissions_List Permission Groups_example
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/permission-groups")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```