---
title: List Policy Groups by Names
slug: single-connect-api-3-2-0/list-policy-groups-by-names
description: Learn how to make a POST request to retrieve multiple policy groups by their names with this helpful curl command example. Discover the request URL, headers, and data payload needed to execute the command efficiently.
docTags: 
createdAt: 2022-11-10T14:24:52.000Z
---

{
  "id": "KZDVeQHUWQERYmPspNaKy",
  "data": {
    "url": "{{url}}/aioc-rest-web/rest/policy/getMultiplePolicyGroupsByNames",
    "method": "POST",
    "request": {
      "pathParameters": [],
      "queryParameters": [],
      "headerParameters": [
        {
          "name": "Content-Type",
          "type": "string",
          "example": "application/json",
          "description": ""
        },
        {
          "name": "X-XSRF-TOKEN",
          "type": "string",
          "example": "{{csrftoken}}",
          "description": ""
        }
      ],
      "bodyDataParameters": [
        {
          "name": "body",
          "type": "string",
          "example": "[\"PG_linux\",\"PG_second\"]",
          "description": ""
        }
      ],
      "formDataParameters": []
    },
    "responses": [
      {
        "statusCode": "200",
        "description": "List Policy Groups by Names",
        "jsonExample": "[\n    {\n        \"dbId\": 376256,\n        \"name\": \"PG_linux\",\n        \"description\": null,\n        \"policies\": [\n            {\n                \"dbId\": 376251,\n                \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n                \"userUpdate\": null,\n                \"creationDate\": 1581605373075,\n                \"lastUpdate\": null,\n                \"key\": \".*\",\n                \"description\": null,\n                \"userBehaviorRate\": null,\n                \"type\": \"WHITE\",\n                \"deviceTypes\": [\n                    \"linux\"\n                ],\n                \"taskName\": null,\n                \"xmlContent\": null\n            }\n        ],\n        \"policyKeys\": [\n            {\n                \"dbId\": 376251,\n                \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n                \"userUpdate\": null,\n                \"creationDate\": 1581605373075,\n                \"lastUpdate\": null,\n                \"key\": \".*\",\n                \"description\": null,\n                \"userBehaviorRate\": null,\n                \"type\": \"WHITE\",\n                \"deviceTypes\": [\n                    \"linux\"\n                ],\n                \"taskName\": null,\n                \"xmlContent\": null\n            }\n        ],\n        \"httpPolicies\": [],\n        \"maskingPolicies\": [],\n        \"timeRestrictions\": [],\n        \"realms\": [\n            376291\n        ],\n        \"sendEmail\": false,\n        \"sendSnmp\": false,\n        \"action\": \"GENERATE_ERROR\",\n        \"confirmationText\": null,\n        \"operationMode\": \"OPERATION\",\n        \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n        \"userUpdate\": null,\n        \"creationDate\": 1581605384541,\n        \"lastUpdate\": null\n    },\n    {\n        \"dbId\": 377585,\n        \"name\": \"PG_second\",\n        \"description\": null,\n        \"policies\": [\n            {\n                \"dbId\": 377572,\n                \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n                \"userUpdate\": null,\n                \"creationDate\": 1581608151289,\n                \"lastUpdate\": null,\n                \"key\": \"date\",\n                \"description\": null,\n                \"userBehaviorRate\": null,\n                \"type\": \"BLACK\",\n                \"deviceTypes\": [\n                    \"linux\"\n                ],\n                \"taskName\": null,\n                \"xmlContent\": null\n            },\n            {\n                \"dbId\": 376251,\n                \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n                \"userUpdate\": null,\n                \"creationDate\": 1581605373075,\n                \"lastUpdate\": null,\n                \"key\": \".*\",\n                \"description\": null,\n                \"userBehaviorRate\": null,\n                \"type\": \"WHITE\",\n                \"deviceTypes\": [\n                    \"linux\"\n                ],\n                \"taskName\": null,\n                \"xmlContent\": null\n            }\n        ],\n        \"policyKeys\": [\n            {\n                \"dbId\": 377572,\n                \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n                \"userUpdate\": null,\n                \"creationDate\": 1581608151289,\n                \"lastUpdate\": null,\n                \"key\": \"date\",\n                \"description\": null,\n                \"userBehaviorRate\": null,\n                \"type\": \"BLACK\",\n                \"deviceTypes\": [\n                    \"linux\"\n                ],\n                \"taskName\": null,\n                \"xmlContent\": null\n            },\n            {\n                \"dbId\": 376251,\n                \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n                \"userUpdate\": null,\n                \"creationDate\": 1581605373075,\n                \"lastUpdate\": null,\n                \"key\": \".*\",\n                \"description\": null,\n                \"userBehaviorRate\": null,\n                \"type\": \"WHITE\",\n                \"deviceTypes\": [\n                    \"linux\"\n                ],\n                \"taskName\": null,\n                \"xmlContent\": null\n            }\n        ],\n        \"httpPolicies\": [],\n        \"maskingPolicies\": [],\n        \"timeRestrictions\": [],\n        \"realms\": [\n            377590\n        ],\n        \"sendEmail\": false,\n        \"sendSnmp\": false,\n        \"action\": \"APPROVAL_VIA_EMAIL\",\n        \"confirmationText\": null,\n        \"operationMode\": \"OPERATION\",\n        \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n        \"userUpdate\": null,\n        \"creationDate\": 1581608173274,\n        \"lastUpdate\": null\n    }\n]"
      }
    ],
    "contentType": "application/json",
    "description": "This method lists the existing policy groups by sending the related policy group names in request body.",
    "examples": {
      "languages": [
        {
          "id": "cFopoody-mn9CVjGAbJyd",
          "language": "curl",
          "label": "cURL",
          "code": "curl --request POST \\\n     --url {{url}}/aioc-rest-web/rest/policy/getMultiplePolicyGroupsByNames \\\n     --header 'accept: application/json'"
        },
        {
          "id": "4iRjfOztZG8RDmKEu3XkK",
          "language": "javascript",
          "label": "javascript",
          "code": "var myHeaders = new Headers();\nmyHeaders.append(\"accept\", \"application/json\");\n\nvar requestOptions = {\n   method: 'POST',\n   headers: myHeaders,\n   redirect: 'follow'\n};\n\nfetch(\"{{url}}/aioc-rest-web/rest/policy/getMultiplePolicyGroupsByNames\", requestOptions)\n   .then(response => response.text())\n   .then(result => console.log(result))\n   .catch(error => console.log('error', error));"
        },
        {
          "id": "fngE5nFQgYVPgDsiMD9UN",
          "language": "ruby",
          "label": "Ruby",
          "code": "require \"uri\"\nrequire \"net/http\"\n\nurl = URI(\"{{url}}/aioc-rest-web/rest/policy/getMultiplePolicyGroupsByNames\")\n\nhttp = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);\nrequest = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)\nrequest[\"accept\"] = \"application/json\"\n\nresponse = http.request(request)\nputs response.read_body\n"
        },
        {
          "id": "apMrXoYHyU4ZdXErEJH82",
          "language": "python",
          "label": "Python",
          "code": "import requests\n\nurl = \"{{url}}/aioc-rest-web/rest/policy/getMultiplePolicyGroupsByNames\"\n\npayload = {}\nheaders = {\n   'accept': 'application/json'\n}\n\nresponse = requests.request(\"POST\", url, headers=headers, data=payload)\n\nprint(response.text)\n"
        }
      ],
      "selectedLanguageId": "cFopoody-mn9CVjGAbJyd"
    },
    "results": {
      "languages": [
        {
          "id": "rgozAniVUOvmhQeZY9yaV",
          "language": "200",
          "code": "[\n    {\n        \"dbId\": 376256,\n        \"name\": \"PG_linux\",\n        \"description\": null,\n        \"policies\": [\n            {\n                \"dbId\": 376251,\n                \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n                \"userUpdate\": null,\n                \"creationDate\": 1581605373075,\n                \"lastUpdate\": null,\n                \"key\": \".*\",\n                \"description\": null,\n                \"userBehaviorRate\": null,\n                \"type\": \"WHITE\",\n                \"deviceTypes\": [\n                    \"linux\"\n                ],\n                \"taskName\": null,\n                \"xmlContent\": null\n            }\n        ],\n        \"policyKeys\": [\n            {\n                \"dbId\": 376251,\n                \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n                \"userUpdate\": null,\n                \"creationDate\": 1581605373075,\n                \"lastUpdate\": null,\n                \"key\": \".*\",\n                \"description\": null,\n                \"userBehaviorRate\": null,\n                \"type\": \"WHITE\",\n                \"deviceTypes\": [\n                    \"linux\"\n                ],\n                \"taskName\": null,\n                \"xmlContent\": null\n            }\n        ],\n        \"httpPolicies\": [],\n        \"maskingPolicies\": [],\n        \"timeRestrictions\": [],\n        \"realms\": [\n            376291\n        ],\n        \"sendEmail\": false,\n        \"sendSnmp\": false,\n        \"action\": \"GENERATE_ERROR\",\n        \"confirmationText\": null,\n        \"operationMode\": \"OPERATION\",\n        \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n        \"userUpdate\": null,\n        \"creationDate\": 1581605384541,\n        \"lastUpdate\": null\n    },\n    {\n        \"dbId\": 377585,\n        \"name\": \"PG_second\",\n        \"description\": null,\n        \"policies\": [\n            {\n                \"dbId\": 377572,\n                \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n                \"userUpdate\": null,\n                \"creationDate\": 1581608151289,\n                \"lastUpdate\": null,\n                \"key\": \"date\",\n                \"description\": null,\n                \"userBehaviorRate\": null,\n                \"type\": \"BLACK\",\n                \"deviceTypes\": [\n                    \"linux\"\n                ],\n                \"taskName\": null,\n                \"xmlContent\": null\n            },\n            {\n                \"dbId\": 376251,\n                \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n                \"userUpdate\": null,\n                \"creationDate\": 1581605373075,\n                \"lastUpdate\": null,\n                \"key\": \".*\",\n                \"description\": null,\n                \"userBehaviorRate\": null,\n                \"type\": \"WHITE\",\n                \"deviceTypes\": [\n                    \"linux\"\n                ],\n                \"taskName\": null,\n                \"xmlContent\": null\n            }\n        ],\n        \"policyKeys\": [\n            {\n                \"dbId\": 377572,\n                \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n                \"userUpdate\": null,\n                \"creationDate\": 1581608151289,\n                \"lastUpdate\": null,\n                \"key\": \"date\",\n                \"description\": null,\n                \"userBehaviorRate\": null,\n                \"type\": \"BLACK\",\n                \"deviceTypes\": [\n                    \"linux\"\n                ],\n                \"taskName\": null,\n                \"xmlContent\": null\n            },\n            {\n                \"dbId\": 376251,\n                \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n                \"userUpdate\": null,\n                \"creationDate\": 1581605373075,\n                \"lastUpdate\": null,\n                \"key\": \".*\",\n                \"description\": null,\n                \"userBehaviorRate\": null,\n                \"type\": \"WHITE\",\n                \"deviceTypes\": [\n                    \"linux\"\n                ],\n                \"taskName\": null,\n                \"xmlContent\": null\n            }\n        ],\n        \"httpPolicies\": [],\n        \"maskingPolicies\": [],\n        \"timeRestrictions\": [],\n        \"realms\": [\n            377590\n        ],\n        \"sendEmail\": false,\n        \"sendSnmp\": false,\n        \"action\": \"APPROVAL_VIA_EMAIL\",\n        \"confirmationText\": null,\n        \"operationMode\": \"OPERATION\",\n        \"userCreate\": \"admin\",\n        \"userUpdate\": null,\n        \"creationDate\": 1581608173274,\n        \"lastUpdate\": null\n    }\n]"
        }
      ],
      "selectedLanguageId": "rgozAniVUOvmhQeZY9yaV"
    }
  },
  "type": "api-oas-v2",
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}