---
title: "Get Group Information"
slug: "get-group-information"
updated: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
published: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
canonical: "developer.rocket.chat/get-group-information"
stale: true
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Get Group Information

Get/api/v1/groups.info

Retrieves the information about a private channel you belong to.

### Changelog

| Version | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0.48.0 | Added |

Header parametersX-User-IdstringRequired

The `userId` of the authenticated user.

ExamplerbAXPnMktTFbNpwtJ
X-Auth-TokenstringRequired

The `authToken` of the authenticated user.

ExampleRScctEHSmLGZGywfIhWyRpyofhKOiMoUIpimhvheU3f

Query parametersroomIdstring

The room ID. It is required if the `roomName` is not provided.

Exampledlpfuijw7ej
roomNamestring

The room name. It is required if the `roomId` is not provided.

Examplegeneral

Responses200

OK

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='6ea9f790-e45d-4aa3-b843-bc032e1e67f7'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='a14f2792-8f69-4934-9744-cad6523d022f'>Success</option>
</select>Success

```json
{
  "group": {
    "_id": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
    "name": "testing",
    "fname": "testing",
    "t": "p",
    "msgs": 0,
    "usersCount": 2,
    "u": {
      "_id": "HKKPmF8rZh45GMHWH",
      "username": "marc.anp"
    },
    "customFields": {},
    "broadcast": false,
    "encrypted": false,
    "ts": "2020-05-21T13:16:24.749Z",
    "ro": false,
    "default": false,
    "sysMes": true,
    "_updatedAt": "2020-05-21T13:16:24.772Z"
  },
  "success": true
}
```

Expand Allobject  groupobject  _idstring    
namestring    
fnamestring    
tstring    
msgsinteger    
usersCountinteger    
uobject  _idstring    
usernamestring    

customFieldsobject  
broadcastboolean    
encryptedboolean    
tsstring    
roboolean    
defaultboolean    
sysMesboolean    
_updatedAtstring    

successboolean    

400

Bad Request

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='8a37ecf2-aa0f-4435-953e-bb587ac55f51'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='e22ee611-b4ce-49c1-9bad-e8a4d29ffec3'>Example 1</option>
</select>Example 1

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "The parameter \"roomId\" or \"roomName\" is required [error-room-param-not-provided]",
  "errorType": "error-room-param-not-provided"
}
```

object  successboolean    
errorstring    
errorTypestring    

401

Unauthorized

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='57a10af1-2715-4c9d-9c1c-4f1f44f4bdac'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='bea552fe-26fb-489a-866c-de085bbf520a'>Authorization Error</option>
</select>Authorization Error

```json
{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "You must be logged in to do this."
}
```

object  statusstring    
messagestring