Remove group member

Removes a member from the specified group.

DELETE ~/api/directoryObjects/groupMembers?<parameters>

Query parameters

Name
Required
Type
Description
group
True
string

The identifier of the group to remove a member from. You can use:

Distinguished name (DN)

# Example
CN=My Group,CN=Groups,DC=example,DC=com

Globally unique identifier (GUID)

# Example
a7b63270-b8a4-4c34-b830-7e0d09f2e021

Security identifier (SID)

# Example
S-1-5-21-3625849556-2655411187-3268999566-9847

member
True
string

The identifier of the member which should be removed. You can use:

Distinguished name (DN)

# Example
CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com

Globally unique identifier (GUID)

# Example
7a4267ce-d354-44e7-8bd6-c681f1284a41

Security identifier (SID)

# Example
S-1-5-21-3635565734-1729062999-1822655016-1627

Request headers

Name
Required
Description
Adm-Authorization
True
Specify an access token.

Request body

Do not send a body with this request.

Responses

If successful, returns 200 OK status code and an operation result in the response body. Otherwise, returns one of the common HTTP error codes and an error description in the response body.

Examples

Remove a group member

The following code sample removes a user from the specified group.

Request

PowerShell

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Web
$baseUrl = "https://host.example.com/restApi"
$endpoint = "/api/directoryObjects/groupMembers"

# Request parameters
$memberIdentifier = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode("CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com")
$groupIdentifier = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode("CN=My Group,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com")
$queryParams = "?group=$groupIdentifier&member=$memberIdentifier"
$requestUrl = $baseUrl + $endpoint + $queryParams
$requestHeaders = @{"Adm-Authorization" = YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN}

# Make request
Invoke-RestMethod -Method DELETE -Headers $requestHeaders -Uri $requestUrl

C#

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        const string baseUrl = "https://host.example.com";
        const string endpoint = "/restApi/api/directoryObjects/groupMembers";

        // Request parameters
        const string groupIdentifier = "CN=My Group,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com";
        const string memberIdentifier = "CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com";
        UriBuilder requestUrl = new()
        {
            Host = baseUrl + endpoint,
            Query = $"?group={groupIdentifier}" + $"&member={memberIdentifier}"
        };

        // Initialize HTTP client
        using HttpClient client = new();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Adm-Authorization", YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN);

        // Make request
        HttpResponseMessage response = await client.DeleteAsync(requestUrl.ToString());
        string responseBody = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
        Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
    }
}

cURL

curl --header 'Adm-Authorization: YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN' \
--get -X DELETE 'https://host.example.com/restApi/api/directoryObjects/groupMembers' \
--data-urlencode 'group=CN=My Group,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com' \
--data-urlencode 'member=CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com'

node.js

async function removeGroupMember() {
    // Request parameters
    const groupIdentifier = encodeURIComponent("CN=My Group,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com");
    const memberIdentifier = encodeURIComponent("CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com");

    const baseUrl = "https://host.example.com/restapi";
    const endpoint = "/api/directoryObjects/groupMembers";
    const queryParams = `?group=${groupIdentifier}&member=${memberIdentifier}`;
    const requestPath = `${baseUrl}${endpoint}${queryParams}`;

    // Make request
    const response = await fetch(requestPath, {
        method: "DELETE",
        headers: { "Adm-Authorization": "YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN" }
    });

    if (!response.ok) {
        throw new Error(`Request failed with status ${response.status}`);
    }

    const result = await response.json();
    console.log(result);
}

removeGroupMember();

Python

import requests
import json

baseUrl = "https://host.example.com/restApi"
endpoint = "/api/directoryObjects/groupMembers"

# Request parameters
requestUrl = baseUrl + endpoint
requestHeaders = {"Adm-Authorization": YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN}
queryParams = {
    "group": "CN=My Group,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com",
    "member": "CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com"
}   

# Make request
request = requests.delete(requestUrl, headers=requestHeaders, params=queryParams)
response = json.loads(request.content)
print(response)

Response

HTTP Status code: 200 OK
Response body:

{
    "resultType": 0,
    "innerMessages": [],
    "exception": null,
    "actualObjectDN": "CN=My Group,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=com",
    "noChanges": false,
    "extraInfo": {}
}

Remove group member

Query parameters

Name

Required

Type