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updatedAt: 2026-06-04T19:58:43.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://docs.wristband.dev/llms.txt
---

# Get Permission Group

Retrieves the specified permission group.

### Required Permissions

Below is the list of required permissions needed to interact with this API.  For each permission, the allowed permission boundaries are also specified.

| Permission                | Boundary              | Description                                                                                                                         |
| ------------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **permission-group:read** | Application           | The subject can read permission groups under the application to which the subject belongs.                                          |
|                           | Tenant                | The subject can read the permission groups owned by the tenant to which the subject belongs.                                        |
|                           | Tenant Inclusion List | The subject can read permission groups owned by tenants specified in the tenant inclusion list.                                     |
|                           | Tenant Exclusion List | The subject can read the permission groups owned by tenants in the subject's application that are not on the tenant exclusion list. |

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Resource Management APIs",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Resource Management APIs",
    "license": {
      "name": "Private",
      "url": "https://wristband.dev/terms/"
    },
    "termsOfService": "https://wristband.dev/terms/",
    "contact": {
      "name": "Wristband Support",
      "email": "support@wristband.dev",
      "url": "https://wristband.dev/contact/"
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://{application_vanity_domain}",
      "description": "Wristband application scoped URL.",
      "variables": {
        "application_vanity_domain": {
          "default": "yourapp-yourorg.us.wristband.dev",
          "description": "Wristband vanity domain scoped to a specific application."
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Permission Groups",
      "description": "Permission Groups",
      "x-displayName": "Permission Groups"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/api/v1/permission-groups/{permissionGroupId}": {
      "parameters": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/parameters/Resource_Management_APIs_PermissionGroupId"
        }
      ],
      "get": {
        "summary": "Get Permission Group",
        "operationId": "getPermissionGroupV1",
        "tags": [
          "Permission Groups"
        ],
        "parameters": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/Resource_Management_APIs_Fields"
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/Resource_Management_APIs_If-None-Match"
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "OK",
            "headers": {
              "ETag": {
                "$ref": "#/components/headers/Resource_Management_APIs_ETag"
              }
            },
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_PermissionGroup"
                },
                "examples": {
                  "Example 1": {
                    "$ref": "#/components/examples/Resource_Management_APIs_PermissionGroup"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "304": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_304"
          },
          "400": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_400-default"
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_401"
          },
          "403": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_403"
          },
          "404": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_404-permission-group-not-found"
          },
          "405": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_405"
          },
          "406": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_406"
          },
          "500": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_500"
          },
          "503": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_503"
          }
        },
        "security": [
          {
            "Resource_Management_APIs_BearerAuth": []
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_BearerAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer",
        "bearerFormat": "JWT"
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_Fields": {
        "name": "fields",
        "in": "query",
        "required": false,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string",
          "default": "*",
          "example": "field1,field2",
          "minLength": 0
        },
        "description": "List of resource fields that should be returned in a response.  The wildcard value of `*` can be used to return all fields for the resource.",
        "style": "form"
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_If-None-Match": {
        "name": "If-None-Match",
        "description": "Used to perform a conditional get of the resource",
        "in": "header",
        "required": false,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "\"0\",\"2\"",
          "minLength": 0
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_PermissionGroupId": {
        "name": "permissionGroupId",
        "description": "The Id of the permission group.",
        "in": "path",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "jayovsssgbgbpk47ihblujcm2e",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 26
        }
      }
    },
    "schemas": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_id": {
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 26,
        "example": "pl4a4aa4jzydksmrf3jnu5yfcw",
        "description": "Globally unique Id of the resource.",
        "readOnly": true
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_api-error": {
        "title": "ApiError",
        "type": "object",
        "description": "API error object",
        "x-examples": {
          "Example 1": {
            "code": "invalid_request",
            "message": "The request was invalid",
            "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
          }
        },
        "properties": {
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "base_error",
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "The type of the API error.",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "code": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "invalid_request",
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "A code identifying the error that occurred.",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "The request was invalid",
            "description": "A free text message describing the error.  This error message is only meant to help developers understand the cause of the error.  It should not be used for programmatic purposes.",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "ticket": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "11t7n71hi5e6t",
            "description": "Ticket that can help correlate the error to the backend",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "details": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "A map of details about the error. The keys are defined by the API.",
            "additionalProperties": {},
            "example": {
              "attemptsRemaining": 4
            }
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "type",
          "code"
        ]
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_constraint-violations-api-error": {
        "title": "ConstraintViolationsApiError",
        "description": "An API error that occurred due to a constraint violation",
        "allOf": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
          },
          {
            "type": "object",
            "readOnly": true,
            "required": [
              "violations"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "violations": {
                "type": "object",
                "readOnly": true,
                "required": [
                  "code"
                ],
                "properties": {
                  "code": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "A code identifying the constraint violation.",
                    "minLength": 1,
                    "example": "too_long"
                  },
                  "constraintAttributes": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "description": "A map of constraint attribute values.",
                    "additionalProperties": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "example": {
                      "maxLength": "10"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "x-examples": {
          "Example 1": {
            "type": "constraint_violations_error",
            "code": "message_body_constraint_violations",
            "message": "The request contained invalid fields",
            "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t",
            "violations": {
              "field1": {
                "code": "too_long",
                "constraintAttributes": {
                  "maxLength": "10"
                }
              },
              "field2": {
                "code": "not_null"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_version-metadata": {
        "title": "VersionMetadata",
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Version metadata associated to a resource.",
        "properties": {
          "version": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "1.0",
            "description": "The version of the resource",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "lastModifiedTime": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time",
            "example": "2016-06-13T19:49:31.686Z",
            "description": "The time at which the resource was last modified",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "creationTime": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time",
            "example": "2016-06-13T19:49:31.686Z",
            "description": "The time at which the resource was created",
            "readOnly": true
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_createOwnerId": {
        "description": "[Required on Create] The ID of the owner of the resource.",
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 26,
        "example": "d7aml4q5lza3fdi2gavzdliouy"
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_createOwnerType": {
        "description": "[Required on Create] The type of the owner of the resource.",
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "APPLICATION",
          "TENANT"
        ],
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 30,
        "example": "APPLICATION"
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_PermissionGroup": {
        "title": "Permission Group",
        "description": "Permission Group",
        "type": "object",
        "x-tags": [
          "Models"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_id"
          },
          "ownerType": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_createOwnerType"
          },
          "ownerId": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_createOwnerId"
          },
          "name": {
            "description": "[Required on Create] The name of the permission group. Name must be unique (case-insensitive) within an application.\nApplication-level permission groups are prefixed with `app:<app_domain_name>:`, and tenant-level permission groups\nare prefixed with `tnt:<tnt_domain_name>:`.",
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-+[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$",
            "minLength": 1,
            "maxLength": 40,
            "example": "perm-group-a"
          },
          "displayName": {
            "description": "[Required on Create] The display name of the permission group.",
            "type": "string",
            "minLength": 1,
            "maxLength": 60,
            "example": "Perm Group A"
          },
          "description": {
            "description": "Optional description of the permission group.",
            "type": "string",
            "minLength": 1,
            "maxLength": 500,
            "example": "This is a permission group."
          },
          "permissionBoundaryId": {
            "description": "Optional ID of the permission boundary that is assigned to this permission group.",
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 26,
            "example": "jayovsssgbgbpk47ihblujcm2e"
          },
          "tenantVisibility": {
            "description": "[Required on Create] Enum representing the tenants that this permission boundary should be visible to.\n\n- `ALL`: The permission group is visible to all tenants and can also be assigned to any tenant-level roles.\n- `NONE`: The permission group is not visible to any tenants and cannot be assigned to any tenant-level roles.\n- `OWNER`: Indicates that the permission group is only visible to the tenant that owns it.",
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "ALL",
              "NONE"
            ],
            "minLength": 1,
            "maxLength": 45,
            "example": "ALL"
          },
          "metadata": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_version-metadata"
          }
        },
        "example": {
          "ownerType": "APPLICATION",
          "ownerId": "pl4a4aa4jzydksmrf3jnu5yfcw",
          "name": "perm-group-a",
          "displayName": "Perm Group A",
          "description": "This is a permission group.",
          "permissionBoundaryId": "jayovsssgbgbpk47ihblujcm2e",
          "tenantVisibility": "ALL"
        }
      }
    },
    "examples": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_PermissionGroup": {
        "description": "Basic example of a permission group JSON object with all fields present.",
        "value": {
          "id": "a4jzydksmrf3jnu5yfcwpl4a4a",
          "ownerType": "APPLICATION",
          "ownerId": "pl4a4aa4jzydksmrf3jnu5yfcw",
          "name": "perm-group-a",
          "displayName": "Perm Group A",
          "description": "This is a permission group.",
          "permissionBoundaryId": "jayovsssgbgbpk47ihblujcm2e",
          "tenantVisibility": "ALL",
          "metadata": {
            "version": "0.0",
            "lastModifiedTime": "2021-06-13T19:49:31.686Z",
            "creationTime": "2021-06-13T19:49:31.686Z"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "headers": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_ETag": {
        "schema": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "1.0",
          "minLength": 1
        },
        "description": "The version of the resource"
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_304": {
        "description": "Not Modified",
        "headers": {
          "ETag": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/Resource_Management_APIs_ETag"
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_401": {
        "description": "Unauthorized",
        "headers": {
          "WWW-Authenticate": {
            "description": "Includes details on the failed authentication condition. This header is set in accordance with the [OAuth2 specification](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6750#section-3).",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "example": "Bearer error=\"invalid_token\", error_description=\"The provided access token was invalid\""
            }
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - unauthenticated": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "invalid_access_token",
                  "message": "The provided access token was invalid",
                  "ticket": "1u0d0edhwbjsd"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_403": {
        "description": "Forbidden",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - unauthorized": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "unauthorized",
                  "message": "The request failed authorization",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_405": {
        "description": "Method Not Allowed",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - method_not_supported": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "method_not_supported",
                  "message": "The specified HTTP method is not supported",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_406": {
        "description": "Not Acceptable",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - not_acceptable": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "not_acceptable",
                  "message": "The Accept header was invalid",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_500": {
        "description": "Internal Server Error",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - internal_server_failure ": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "internal_server_failure",
                  "message": "An unexpected error occurred while processing the request",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_503": {
        "description": "Service Unavailable",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - service_unavailable": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "service_unavailable",
                  "message": "The service is currently unavailable",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_400-default": {
        "description": "Bad Request",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
                },
                {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_constraint-violations-api-error"
                }
              ]
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - invalid_request": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "invalid_request",
                  "message": "The request was invalid",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              },
              "code - request_constraint_violations": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "constraint_violations_error",
                  "code": "message_body_constraint_violations",
                  "message": "The message body contained invalid fields",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t",
                  "violations": {
                    "field1": {
                      "code": "too_long",
                      "constraintAttributes": {
                        "maxLength": 10
                      }
                    },
                    "field2": {
                      "code": "not_null"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_404-permission-group-not-found": {
        "description": "Not Found",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - permission_group_not_found": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "permission_group_not_found",
                  "message": "Permission group could not be found",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "x-tagGroups": [
    {
      "name": "Resource Management APIs",
      "tags": [
        "Applications",
        "Auth Factors",
        "Auth Sessions",
        "Auth Session Policies",
        "Bot Detection Policies",
        "Custom Claims",
        "Custom Domains",
        "Email Brandings",
        "Email Domains",
        "Email Policies",
        "External IdP Profiles",
        "External IdP Tokens",
        "Identity Providers",
        "IdP Attribute Mappings",
        "IdP Role Mappings",
        "MFA Policies",
        "OAuth2 Clients",
        "Page Brandings",
        "Password Policies",
        "Permissions",
        "Permission Boundaries",
        "Permission Groups",
        "Refresh Tokens",
        "Remembered Tenants",
        "Roles",
        "Role Assignment Policies",
        "Signing Keys",
        "Tenants",
        "Users",
        "User Schemas",
        "Vanity Domains",
        "Webhook Policies",
        "Workflow Policies"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```