---
title: "Add a Consumer to a Consumer Group"
method: POST
path: "/v1/ai-gateways/{gatewayId}/consumer-groups/{consumerGroupId}/consumers"
tags: ["AI Gateway Consumer Groups"]
---

# Add a Consumer to a Consumer Group

`POST /v1/ai-gateways/{gatewayId}/consumer-groups/{consumerGroupId}/consumers`

**Pre-release Endpoint**
This endpoint is currently in beta and is subject to change.

Add a consumer to an AI Gateway Consumer Group.

## Request body

- AddAIGatewayConsumerToGroupRequest — **Pre-release Feature** This feature is currently in beta and is subject to change.
  - `consumer` string, required — The ID or name of the consumer to add to the group.

## Response `201`

Consumer added to consumer group successfully.

- object
  - `consumer` AIGatewayConsumer, required — **Pre-release Feature** This feature is currently in beta and is subject to change. Configuration for an AI Gateway Consumer.
    - `display_name` string, required — The display name for this consumer instance.
    - `name` string, required — Identifier for an AI Gateway entity. In some cases, this may be the entity name or ID.
    - `type` 'api-key' | 'oauth', required — The type of the consumer.
    - `custom_id` string — Identifier for mapping the consumer when using OAuth authentication.
    - `policies` string[] — List of policy references.
    - `labels` PublicLabels — Public labels store information about an entity that can be used for filtering a list of objects. Public labels are intended to store **PUBLIC** metadata. Keys must be of length 1-63 characters, and cannot start with "kong", "konnect", "mesh", "kic", or "_".
    - `managed_by` ManagedBy — Stores information about what manages this entity, such as the tool or system responsible for its lifecycle (for example, `terraform`). Keys must be 1–63 characters long and start with an alphanumeric character.
    - `id` string, uuid, required — Contains a unique identifier used for this resource.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity creation date.
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity update date.
  - `consumer_group` AIGatewayConsumerGroup, required — **Pre-release Feature** This feature is currently in beta and is subject to change.
    - `display_name` string, required — The display name for this consumer group instance.
    - `name` string, required — Identifier for an AI Gateway entity. In some cases, this may be the entity name or ID.
    - `policies` string[] — List of policy references.
    - `labels` PublicLabels — Public labels store information about an entity that can be used for filtering a list of objects. Public labels are intended to store **PUBLIC** metadata. Keys must be of length 1-63 characters, and cannot start with "kong", "konnect", "mesh", "kic", or "_".
    - `managed_by` ManagedBy — Stores information about what manages this entity, such as the tool or system responsible for its lifecycle (for example, `terraform`). Keys must be 1–63 characters long and start with an alphanumeric character.
    - `id` string, uuid, required — Contains a unique identifier used for this resource.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity creation date.
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity update date.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `429` — Too Many Requests

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