# Changes to group manipulation in 1.2.0.beta6

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2월 4, 2015, 5:03오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-to-group-manipulation-in-1-2-0-beta6/24808 "2015-02-04T17:03:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![AdamCapriola](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adamcapriola/32/5192_2.png) [@AdamCapriola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamCapriola)\
**Post date:** [9월 15, 2015, 1:18오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-to-group-manipulation-in-1-2-0-beta6/24808/5 "2015-09-15T01:18:00Z")

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> [@OnceWas](#):
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> Or, maybe the underlying question is: Is there any way to add members to a group using the group name instead of the group ID?

Not that I know of. I’ve just been picking out IDs and using them in my code. `/groups/group_name.json` is helpful for determining them, like you’ve figured out.

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