Class GroupsApp

This class provides access to Google Groups information. It can be used to query information such as a group's email address, or the list of groups in which the user is a direct member.

Here's an example that shows how many groups the current user is a member of:

var groups = GroupsApp.getGroups();
Logger.log('You belong to ' + groups.length + ' groups.');

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`Role`	`Role`

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`getGroupByEmail(email)`	`Group`	Retrieves the group having the specified email address.
`getGroups()`	`Group[]`	Retrieves all the groups of which you are a direct member (or a pending member).

Detailed documentation

`getGroupByEmail(email)`

Retrieves the group having the specified email address. Throws an exception if the group does not exist or if you do not have permission to see it.

Here is an example that gets a group by its email address and outputs whether the current user is a member. Before running, replace the sample email address with a real group's email.

var group = GroupsApp.getGroupByEmail("example@googlegroups.com");
var currentUser = Session.getActiveUser();
if (group.hasUser(currentUser)) {
  Logger.log("You are a member of this group.");
}
else {
  Logger.log("You are not a member of this group.");
}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`email`	`String`	The email address of the group to retrieve.

Return

Group — The group with the specified email address.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/groups

`getGroups()`

Retrieves all the groups of which you are a direct member (or a pending member). This is an empty list if you are not in any groups. Throws an exception if the group does not exist or if you do not have permission to see it.

Here's an example of how to print the email address for every group the user belongs to:

function showMyGroups() {
  var groups = GroupsApp.getGroups();
  var str = 'You are in ' + groups.length + ' groups: ';
  for (var i = 0; i < groups.length; i++) {
    var group = groups[i];
    str = str + group.getEmail() + ' ';
  }
  Logger.log(str);
}

Note that if you are a member of a group, B, which is itself a member of another group, A, then you are indirectly subscribed to group A. Even though you receive copies of messages sent to the "parent" group A, you are not actually subscribed to that group.

You can use Group.getRole(email) to determine if you are an existing or pending member of the returned groups.

Return

Group[] — The list of groups of which the user is a direct member.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/groups