---
title: "Query business groups"
method: GET
path: "/business_groups"
tags: ["BusinessGroup"]
---

# Query business groups

`GET /business_groups`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://r38.coupadev.com/api`
- URL: `https://r38.coupadev.com/api/business_groups`
- Auth: one of:
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `https://r38.coupadev.com/oauth2/authorizations/new`
    - Token URL: `https://r38.coupadev.com/oauth2/token`
  - OAuth 2
    - Client credentials
    - Token URL: `https://r38.coupadev.com/oauth2/access_tokens`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/coupa/apis/coupa-api-4/docs/business_groups/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Query business groups

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer
- `offset` integer
- `order_by` string
- `dir` 'asc' | 'desc'
- `return_object` 'limited' | 'shallow' | 'none'
- `filter` string

## Response `200`

BusinessGroup objects

- BusinessGroup[]
  - `created-at` string, datetime: Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ
  - `created-by` UserSimple
    - `avatar-thumb-url` string, string: Avatar url
    - `created-at` string, datetime: Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ
    - `email` string, string(255), required: email
    - `employee-number` string, string(255): employee number
    - `firstname` string, string(40), required: first name
    - `fullname` string, string(255): full name
    - `id` integer: Coupa unique identifier
    - `lastname` string, string(40), required: last name
    - `login` string, string(255), required: login
    - `salesforce-id` string, string(255), required: salesforce_id
    - `updated-at` string, datetime: Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ
  - `description` string, string(255): description
  - `id` integer: Coupa unique identifier
  - `name` string, string(100), required: name
  - `updated-at` string, datetime: Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ
  - `updated-by` UserSimple
    - `avatar-thumb-url` string, string: Avatar url
    - `created-at` string, datetime: Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ
    - `email` string, string(255), required: email
    - `employee-number` string, string(255): employee number
    - `firstname` string, string(40), required: first name
    - `fullname` string, string(255): full name
    - `id` integer: Coupa unique identifier
    - `lastname` string, string(40), required: last name
    - `login` string, string(255), required: login
    - `salesforce-id` string, string(255), required: salesforce_id
    - `updated-at` string, datetime: Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `404`: Not Found

---

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