---
title: "Create user group"
method: POST
path: "/usergroups"
tags: ["product:chat"]
---

# Create user group

`POST /usergroups`

Creates a new user group, optionally with initial members

## Request body

- CreateUserGroupRequest, nullable — Request body for creating a user group
  - `description` string — An optional description for the group
  - `id` string — Optional user group ID. If not provided, a UUID v7 will be generated
  - `member_ids` string[] — Optional initial list of user IDs to add as members
  - `name` string, required — The user friendly name of the user group
  - `team_id` string — Optional team ID to scope the group to a team

## Response `201`

CreateUserGroupResponse

- CreateUserGroupResponse, nullable — Response for creating a user group
  - `duration` string, required
  - `user_group` UserGroupResponse
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `created_by` string
    - `description` string
    - `id` string, required
    - `members` UserGroupMember[]
      - `app_pk` integer, required
      - `created_at` string, date-time, required
      - `group_id` string, required
      - `is_admin` boolean, required
      - `user_id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `team_id` string
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request
- `429` — Too many requests

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