curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/organization/projects/project-id/groups' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "group_id": "group-id",
  "role": "example-role"
}'

# POST /organization/projects/{project_id}/groups (OpenAI API)
Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization; OpenAI admin key; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Add project group

## Critical Gotchas
* The Responses API is the primary interface for new text and tool workflows; Chat Completions remains a separate compatibility API.
* Audio transcription uploads use multipart form data rather than a JSON request body.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/organization/projects/project-id/groups' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "group_id": "group-id",
  "role": "example-role"
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| project_id | path | string | Yes | The ID of the project to update. |
| group_id | body | string | Yes | Identifier of the group to add to the project. |
| role | body | string | Yes | Identifier of the project role to grant to the group. |

## Response example
{"object":"project.group","project_id":"string"}

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POST /organization/projects/{project_id}/groups — OpenAI API

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OpenAI API

Add project group

Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <OPENAI_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

The Responses API is the primary interface for new text and tool workflows; Chat Completions remains a separate compatibility API.

Audio transcription uploads use multipart form data rather than a JSON request body.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/organization/projects/project-id/groups' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY" \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "group_id": "group-id",  "role": "example-role"}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
project_id	path	string	Yes	The ID of the project to update.
group_id	body	string	Yes	Identifier of the group to add to the project.
role	body	string	Yes	Identifier of the project role to grant to the group.

Response 200 OK

{
  "object": "project.group",
  "project_id": "string",
  "group_id": "string",
  "group_name": "string",
  "group_type": "group",
  "created_at": 0
}

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