How to add people to google groups programmatically using google app script?

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  var form = FormApp.openById('1IErsge8yafg0UOltvhecAMhRd5Yh1VXJdhkI');
  var groupID = "[email protected]";

  var formResponses = form.getResponses();
  for (var i = 0; i < formResponses.length; i++) {
    var formResponse = formResponses[i];
    var itemResponses = formResponse.getItemResponses();
    var email = itemResponses[1].getResponse();
    Logger.log(email);
    var newMember = {email: email, role: "MEMBER"};
    AdminDirectory.Members.insert(newMember, groupID);
  }

}

This is the code I've written and I'm getting an error

After some research I found out that the error is because I don't have a G Suite subscription.

However, I am not able to find anything about how achieve the same task without a G Suite subscription. Can anyone please help me with that?

Thanks in advance!

You need the id. You can make a test request here and see the id. It looks like this: 22y111xx3f8ri5j That worked for me, just tested it. — RemcoE33
– RemcoE33, Commented Apr 10, 2022 at 19:00
Please add more details. Are you a Google Workspace Admin? Are you able to list the groups in your domain? P.S. Error messages should be added as text, not as images. P.S.S. Related stackoverflow.com/q/21253849/1595451 — Wicket
– Wicket, Commented Apr 10, 2022 at 19:28
In addition, you have an example in the official documentation: Add group member — Emel
– Emel, Commented Apr 11, 2022 at 12:00
@Rubén I am not a Google workspace admin. I'm quite new to stack overflow and I didn't know we were supposed to add error as text. Thanks for the information! — abhi
– abhi, Commented Apr 12, 2022 at 15:25
Thanks for your reply abhi. Please consider to edit the question to replace the error image by the error text. — Wicket
– Wicket, Commented Apr 12, 2022 at 15:31

Wicket · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-12 16:25:28Z

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As you aren't Google Workspace Admin, please checkout the Jay Lee's answer to Google Groups API add Member. Tl;Dr: AdminDirectory can be used only by Google Workspace Admins.

You might try to use the Groups Service to get information about a Google Group but it hasn't a method to add users to a group, so your only options are to add the users manually or to use web-browser automation tool.

Resources

https://developers.google.com/apps-script/advanced/admin-sdk-directory

answered Apr 12, 2022 at 15:39

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