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## Resource: wix-groups-backend

## Namespace: members

## Article: Introduction

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-groups-backend/members/introduction.md

## Article Content:

# Introduction
The Members API provides functionality for managing group members, inluding adding, removing, and querying group members.
 
### Settings for Typical Use Case
+ If a group's privacy level is set to `SECRET`, group admins or group members can add additional members to their group.
+ If a group's privacy level is set to `PUBLIC` or `PRIVATE`, group admins determine whether group members can add additional members to their group. 
+ This setting can be found in your site's Dashboard under **Groups Application > Your Group > Admin Tools > Member Permissions**. 
+ If set to all members, group members can add additional members to the group using the [`addGroupMembers()`](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-groups-backend/members/add-group-members.md) function (no approval required). 
+ If set to admins only, only admins can add additional members to the group using the `addGroupMembers()` function.
+ The default is set to admins only. 
+ **Note:** If the `suppressAuth` option is set to `true`, all permissions are overwritten and all site members (including non-group members) can add additional members to a group. 

The Members API provides functionality allowing you to:
 + [Add](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-groups-backend/members/add-group-members.md) members to a group. 
 + [List](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-groups-backend/members/list-group-members.md) all members of a group. 
 + [List](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-groups-backend/members/list-memberships.md) a site member's group memberships. 
 + [Query](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-groups-backend/members/query-group-members.md) members of a group. 
 + [Query](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-groups-backend/members/query-memberships.md) a site member's group memberships. 
 + [Remove](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-groups-backend/members/remove-group-members.md) members of a group.   

### Permissions Information
>**Note:** You can override the permissions below by setting the `suppressAuth` option to `true`. 

|Functions|Permissions
|--|---|
| `addGroupMembers()`|Manage in your site's Dashboard
| `removeGroupMembers()`|Site admin, group admin
| `listGroupMembers()`, `listMemberships()`, `queryGroupMembers()`, `queryMemberships()`|For public & private groups: any site member <br> For secret groups: group members, site admin, group admin


```javascript
import { members } from "wix-groups-backend";
```