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Can I add multiple users to a group in one rest call?

  • May 22, 2025
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In the API reference, it seems that for every post call to the group membership endpoint can only add one user to the group. Which means I will need make 100 post calls to add 100 users. Is there a way to add multiple users in one call?

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    Hi Jun! 

    Today, we only allow for adding one user at a time. You can absolutely do this in a for loop though similar to the below example I just typed out. It is a simple powershell scripts using our CLI. Also, feel free to request this feature on Pulse. 

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    ### This script assumes you have the CLI installed and configured on your machine. 

    ###

    ###This command creates a csv of all users in your box env. You could also manually make this.

    ###run box users --csv >> boxusers.csv in this file's directory ###

    ###

    $UserInput = Import-Csv -path ".\boxusers.csv"

    $GroupID = 5132113211

    ForEach ($User in $UserInput) {

        Write-Host " Adding User ID: $($User."id") to group."

        Invoke-Expression "box groups:memberships:add $($User."id") $GroupID --json" | ConvertFrom-Json

    }

    You could also copy user email addresses into the add members window in the admin console.

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    Thanks, 

    Alex, Box Developer Advocate

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