---
title: "Retrieve multiple groups"
method: GET
path: "/groups/multiple"
tags: ["groups"]
---

# Retrieve multiple groups

`GET /groups/multiple`

## Query parameters

- `group_ids` string, required
- `latitude` number
- `longitude` number

## Response `200`

The groups.

- Group[]
  - `group_id` string
  - `name` string — The name of the group (not guaranteed to be unique).
  - `identifier` string — A unique identifier for the group that is used in URLs.
  - `homepage` string — A URL to the group homepage.
  - `member_count` integer — The number of members who belong to the group.
  - `latitude` number
  - `longitude` number
  - `timezone` string — The timezone that the group is in (eg. America/New_York).
  - `open_membership` boolean — When true, the group allows anyone to join. When false, the group moderators review and approve applicants.
  - `open_archives` boolean — When true, the group posts are viewable by anyone. When false, the group posts can only be viewed by members of the group.
  - `has_questions` boolean — When true, anyone requesting membership to this group will be required to answer a new membership questionnaire.
  - `country` object — Provides information about the country that is associated with a group. May be null.
    - `name` string — The name of the country.
    - `abbreviation` string — A 2 letter country code for the country (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 ).
  - `region` object — Provides information about an area within a country that a group is associated with (eg. a state in the US or a province in Canada). May be null.
    - `name` string — The name of the region.
    - `abbreviation` string — A 2 letter abbreviation for the region (is not guaranteed to be globally unique but is unique among all the regions in the country).
  - `membership` object — Provides information about the current users' active or pending membership to this group (if any). Will be null if there is no active or pending membership to this group.
    - `status` string — One of: subscribed, pending, pending-questions
    - `date` string, date-time — The UTC date and time when the membership was last updated.
    - `questionnaire` object — Membership questionnaire data. Will be null unless the membership status is pending-questions.
      - `message` string — A message from the group moderators to be displayed above the questions (may be null).
      - `questions` string[] — The list of questions.

## Other responses

- `400` — Missing or invalid parameters.

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