The Join Group Requests API provides functionality for managing requests to join a group.
The Join Group Requests API allows you to:
It is important to note that this module is only relevant for private groups.
Group admins determine how site members can join a group with group.privacyStatus
.
PRIVATE
, a site member can request to join the group on a site's Groups List.
membersCanApprove
is set to true
. Then, any group member can approve or reject member requests to join.PUBLIC
, a site member can join the group immediately without submitting a request to join.SECRET
, only site members added by an existing group member can join the group, no request to join is necessary.privacyStatus
is updated from PRIVATE
to PUBLIC
, all pending join requests for that group are automatically approved. When a group's privacyStatus
is updated from PRIVATE
to SECRET
, all pending join requests for that group are automatically rejected.