# Entity: entity groups

# Description

Retrieves a list of entity groups to which the specified entity belongs.

# Request

Method	Path
GET	/api/v1/entities/{entity}/groups

# Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
entity	string	Entity name.

# Response

An array of objects containing the following fields describing an entity group.

# Fields

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Entity group name.
tags	object	Entity group tags.

# Example

# Request

# URI

GET /api/v1/entities/nurswgvml007/groups

# Payload

None.

# curl

curl https://atsd_hostname:8443/api/v1/entities/nurswgvml007/groups \
  -k --user {username}:{password}

# Response

[
    {
        "name": "VMware VMs",
        "tags": {}
    },
    {
        "name": "environment-prod",
        "tags": {
            "tag1": "v1"
        }
    },
    {
        "name": "nmon-linux",
        "tags": {}
    },
    {
        "name": "nur-entities-name",
        "tags": {}
    }
    {
        "name": "nurswg-dc1",
        "tags": {}
    },
    {
        "name": "scollector-linux",
        "tags": {}
    },
    {
        "name": "scollector-nur",
        "tags": {}
    },
    {
        "name": "scollector-uptime",
        "tags": {}
    },
    {
        "name": "solarwind-vmware-vm",
        "tags": {}
    },
    {
        "name": "tcollector - linux",
        "tags": {}
    }
]

# Additional examples