Liferay 7.2 - How to add groups programmatically?

RE: Liferay 7.2 - How to add groups programmatically?

2019-08-23T11:32:21Z

Hi Christoph,

After some debugging I found what could be the correct way to create a group programmatically. My method is the following:

public void addGroup(ActionRequest request, ActionResponse response) throws IOException, PortletException, PortalException {
&nbsp; &nbsp; ThemeDisplay theme = (ThemeDisplay) request.getAttribute(WebKeys.THEME_DISPLAY);&nbsp; &nbsp; long userId = theme.getUserId();
&nbsp; &nbsp; String name = ParamUtil.getString(request, "name");
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; Map<locale, string> nameMap = new HashMap<locale, string>();
&nbsp; &nbsp; nameMap.put(LocaleUtil.US, name);
&nbsp; &nbsp; nameMap.put(LocaleUtil.PORTUGAL, name);
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; GroupLocalServiceUtil.addGroup(
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; userId,&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GroupConstants.DEFAULT_PARENT_GROUP_ID,&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; null,&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0,&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GroupConstants.DEFAULT_LIVE_GROUP_ID,&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; nameMap,&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; null,&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GroupConstants.TYPE_SITE_OPEN,
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; false,&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GroupConstants.DEFAULT_MEMBERSHIP_RESTRICTION,&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; null,&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; true,&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; true,&nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; new ServiceContext()
&nbsp; &nbsp; );
}</locale,></locale,>

I think this is creating a site/organization if I am not mistaken.

RE: Liferay 7.2 - How to add groups programmatically?

2019-08-23T11:29:51Z

What kind of groups?
The term group is a bit ambiguous in Liferay. Do you want to add Usergroups or do you want to add sites/organisations?

Liferay 7.2 - How to add groups programmatically?

2019-08-23T10:33:27Z

Hi,

I am trying to add groups and layouts programmatically in my custom portlet. Right now I am successfully adding layouts like this:

public void addLayout(ActionRequest request, ActionResponse response) throws IOException, PortletException, PortalException {
&nbsp; &nbsp; ThemeDisplay theme = (ThemeDisplay) request.getAttribute(WebKeys.THEME_DISPLAY);
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; long userId = theme.getUserId();
&nbsp; &nbsp; long groupId = theme.getSiteGroupId();
&nbsp; &nbsp; String name = ParamUtil.getString(request, "name");
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; LayoutLocalServiceUtil.addLayout(
&nbsp;       userId, 
        groupId, 
&nbsp;       false, 
        0, 
&nbsp;       name, 
&nbsp;       null, 
&nbsp;       null, 
&nbsp;       LayoutConstants.TYPE_PORTLET, 
&nbsp;       false, 
&nbsp;       null, 
&nbsp;       new ServiceContext()
    );
}

But I can't seem to find a good example for the groups. I am confused with some parameters from the GroupLocalServiceUtil.addGroup() method. Is there are any good example of how to add groups programmatically?

Thank you!