A user group object contains information about a group of users.
{
"id": "S0614TZR7",
"team_id": "T060RNRCH",
"is_usergroup": true,
"name": "Team Admins",
"description": "A group of all Administrators on your team.",
"handle": "admins",
"is_external": false,
"date_create": 1446598059,
"date_update": 1446670362,
"date_delete": 0,
"auto_type": "admin",
"created_by": "USLACKBOT",
"updated_by": "U060RNRCZ",
"deleted_by": null,
"prefs": {
"channels": [
],
"groups": [
]
},
"users": [
"U060RNRCZ",
"U060ULRC0",
"U06129G2V",
"U061309JM"
],
"user_count": "4"
}
The name parameter indicates the friendly name of the group.
For disabled groups, date_deleted will be non-zero.
The description parameter explains the purpose of the group (optional).
The handle parameter indicates the value used to notify group members via a mention without a leading @ sign.
The auto_type parameter can be admins for a Team Admins group, owners for a Team Owners group or null for a custom group.
The prefs parameter contains default channels and groups (private channels) that members of this group will be invited to upon joining.
The users parameter contains a list of user object id values which belong to the user group. This parameter is included if the include_users option is enabled on some API endpoints.
The user_count parameter indicates the total number of users in a group.