Add a user to a group programatically - rest

Question

Is it possible to add a user to a group via REST/sdk?
Scenario: We want to add all our users to a mandatory group on a regularly basis.
Thanks!Max

Answer 1

you can get group ids from share point list like this
function GetMandatoryGroups() {
var context;
var factory;
var appContextSite;
var oList;
var collListItem;
context = new SP.ClientContext(appweburl);
factory = new SP.ProxyWebRequestExecutorFactory(appweburl);
context.set_webRequestExecutorFactory(factory);
appContextSite = new SP.AppContextSite(context, hostweburl);
this.web = appContextSite.get_web();
oList = this.web.get_lists().getByTitle('MandatoryGroups');
context.load(oList);
var camlQuery = new SP.CamlQuery();
camlQuery.set_viewXml('<View><RowLimit>100</RowLimit></View>');
collListItem = oList.getItems(camlQuery);
context.load(collListItem, 'Include(Title,Id)');
context.executeQueryAsync(
Function.createDelegate(this, successHandler),
Function.createDelegate(this, errorHandler)
);
function successHandler() {
MandatoryGroups = new Array();
var listItemInfo = '';
var listitemenumerator = collListItem.getEnumerator();
while (listitemenumerator.moveNext()) {
var olistitem = listitemenumerator.get_current();
//listItemInfo += '<li>ID:' + olistitem.get_id().toString() + ' GroupID: ' + olistitem.get_item('Title') + '</li>';
MandatoryGroups.push(olistitem.get_item('Title'));
}
AutoJoinGroups();
// document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = 'Lists found' + oList.get_title() + ':<ul>' + listItemInfo + '</ul>';
}
function errorHandler(sender, args) {
document.getElementById("message").innerText =
"Could not complete cross-domain call: " + args.get_message();
}
}
you can join users to the mendatory groups like this (after user logs in )
function AutoJoinGroups() {
yam.platform.request({
// yam.request({
url: "groups.json?mine=1",
method: "GET",
data: {},
success: function (group) {
//for ($i = 0; $i < MandatoryGroups.length; $i++) {
// if (!ArrayContains(MandatoryGroups[$i].toString(), group)) {
// joinGroupAsync(MandatoryGroups[$i].toString());
// setTimeout('', 10000);
// // setTimeout(joinGroupAsync(MandatoryGroups[$i].toString()),5000);
// }
//}
var i = 0;
function AsyncAutoJoinLoop() {
if (i < MandatoryGroups.length) {
if (!ArrayContains(MandatoryGroups[i].toString(), group)) {
setTimeout(function () {
joinGroupAsync(MandatoryGroups[i].toString());
i++;
if (i < MandatoryGroups.length) {
AsyncAutoJoinLoop();
}
}, 3000)
}
}
}
AsyncAutoJoinLoop();
// getMyGroups();
},
error: function (group) {
console.error("There was an error with the request.");
}
});
}
function joinGroupAsync(id) {
yam.platform.request({
// yam.request({
url: "group_memberships.json?group_id=" + id,
method: "POST",
data: {},
success: function (group) {
},
error: function (group) {
console.error("There was an error with the request.");
}
});
}
you can add group to the sharepoint list like this.
function InsertMandatoryItem() {
var context;
var factory;
var appContextSite;
var oListItem;
context = new SP.ClientContext(appweburl);
factory = new SP.ProxyWebRequestExecutorFactory(appweburl);
context.set_webRequestExecutorFactory(factory);
appContextSite = new SP.AppContextSite(context, hostweburl);
this.web = appContextSite.get_web();
var oList = this.web.get_lists().getByTitle('MandatoryGroups');
var itemCreateInfo = new SP.ListItemCreationInformation();
oListItem = oList.addItem(itemCreateInfo);
oListItem.set_item('Title', InsertGroupId);
oListItem.update();
context.load(oListItem);
context.executeQueryAsync(
Function.createDelegate(this, onQuerySucceeded),
Function.createDelegate(this, onQueryFailed)
);
function onQuerySucceeded() {
//alert('Item created: ' + oListItem.get_id());
// getMyGroups();
// AutoJoinGroups();
$.getScript(scriptbase + 'SP.RequestExecutor.js', GetMandatoryGroups);
}
function onQueryFailed(sender, args) {
$.getScript(scriptbase + 'SP.RequestExecutor.js', GetMandatoryGroups);
alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() +
'\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
}
}
You can remove remove group from sharepoint list like this
function RemoveMandatoryGroup() {
var context;
var factory;
var appContextSite;
var collListItem;
var itemId;
context = new SP.ClientContext(appweburl);
factory = new SP.ProxyWebRequestExecutorFactory(appweburl);
context.set_webRequestExecutorFactory(factory);
appContextSite = new SP.AppContextSite(context, hostweburl);
this.web = appContextSite.get_web();
var oList = this.web.get_lists().getByTitle('MandatoryGroups');
var camlQuery = new SP.CamlQuery();
camlQuery.set_viewXml("<View><Query><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name='Title'/><Value Type='Text'>" + RemoveGroupId.toString() + "</Value></Eq></Where></Query></View>");
collListItem = oList.getItems(camlQuery);
context.load(collListItem, 'Include(Title,Id)');
// this.oListItem.deleteObject();
context.executeQueryAsync(
Function.createDelegate(this, onQuerySucceeded),
Function.createDelegate(this, onQueryFailed)
);
function onQuerySucceeded() {
var oListItem;
var listitemenumerator = collListItem.getEnumerator();
while (listitemenumerator.moveNext()) {
var itemtoDelete = listitemenumerator.get_current();
////listItemInfo += '<li>ID:' + olistitem.get_id().toString() + ' GroupID: ' + olistitem.get_item('Title') + '</li>';
//MandatoryGroups.push(olistitem.get_item('Title'));
itemId = itemtoDelete.get_id();
}
oListItem = oList.getItemById(itemId);
oListItem.deleteObject();
context.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, onQueryDeleteSucceeded), Function.createDelegate(this, onQueryDeleteFailed));
//alert('Item created: ' + oListItem.get_id());
function onQueryDeleteSucceeded() {
//alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() +
// '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
getMyGroups();
$.getScript(scriptbase + 'SP.RequestExecutor.js', GetMandatoryGroups);
}
function onQueryDeleteFailed() {
alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() +
'\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
}
}
function onQueryFailed(sender, args) {
alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() +
'\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
}
}

Answer 2

No, there isn't. This is by design. Yammer likes to entice with the carrot, not by the stick. What we've done is create communications to ask people to join a specific group.
The api does allow the ability for the currently logged to be joined to a specific group. E.g. Put a link on a SharePoint site that says "Join the Yammer group", and have the action join that user to the group. You can see the details for how to do that here:
https://developer.yammer.com/restapi/#rest-groups

Answer 3

ya, in costume app yo can autojoin that user when he logs in..Same thing i ma doing.