---
title: "Add a Consumer to a Consumer Group"
method: POST
path: "/v1/ai-gateways/{gatewayId}/consumer-groups/{consumerGroupId}/consumers"
tags: ["AI Gateway Consumer Groups"]
---

# Add a Consumer to a Consumer Group

`POST /v1/ai-gateways/{gatewayId}/consumer-groups/{consumerGroupId}/consumers`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://global.api.konghq.com`
- URL: `https://global.api.konghq.com/v1/ai-gateways/{gatewayId}/consumer-groups/{consumerGroupId}/consumers`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/kong/apis/konnect-api-beta/docs/v1/ai-gateways/:gatewayId/consumer-groups/:consumerGroupId/consumers/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

**Pre-release Endpoint**
This endpoint is currently in beta and is subject to change.

Add a consumer to an AI Gateway Consumer Group.

## Request body

- AddAIGatewayConsumerToGroupRequest: **Pre-release Feature** This feature is currently in beta and is subject to change.
  - `consumer` string, required: The ID of the consumer to add to the group.

## Response `201`

Consumer added to consumer group successfully.

- object
  - `consumer` string, required: The unique ID of the consumer that was added to the consumer group.
  - `consumer_group` AIGatewayConsumerGroup, required: **Pre-release Feature** This feature is currently in beta and is subject to change.
    - `display_name` string, required: The display name for this consumer group instance.
    - `name` string, required: Identifier for an AI Gateway entity. In some cases, this may be the entity name or ID.
    - `policies` string[]: List of policy references.
    - `labels` PublicLabels: Public labels store information about an entity that can be used for filtering a list of objects. Public labels are intended to store **PUBLIC** metadata. Keys must be of length 1-63 characters, and cannot start with "kong", "konnect", "mesh", "kic", or "_".
    - `managed_by` ManagedBy: Stores information about what manages this entity, such as the tool or system responsible for its lifecycle (for example, `terraform`). Keys must be 1–63 characters long and start with an alphanumeric character.
    - `id` string, uuid, required: Contains a unique identifier used for this resource.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required: An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity creation date.
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required: An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity update date.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `429`: Too Many Requests

## Changes

- **2026-08-18** `658ffb748f95`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/kong/apis/konnect-api-beta/changes/v1/ai-gateways/:gatewayId/consumer-groups/:consumerGroupId/consumers/post.md)

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