# Identify a Group's ID
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/identify-a-groups-id/98136
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 26, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/identify-a-groups-id/98136 "2018-09-26T17:13:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/identify-a-groups-id/98136/1 "2018-09-26T17:13:09Z")
Hi, how can an admin identify a group’s ID number?
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/identify-a-groups-id/98136/2 "2018-09-26T18:20:03Z")
I guess you could look at the JSON source, like [https://meta.discourse.org/groups/team.json](https://meta.discourse.org/groups/team.json)
Why do you need this? It should never be required if you’re just using the Discourse UI.
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### Author:  [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/identify-a-groups-id/98136/3 "2018-09-26T18:34:02Z")
Ok - thanks! I need it to plug it into a [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) query. That worked.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/identify-a-groups-id/98136/4 "2018-09-27T03:27:51Z")
I’ve recently needed to get the group ID to make an API call to add members to a group when they paid for a subscript /subscription.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/identify-a-groups-id/98136/5 "2021-06-05T17:50:31Z")