How to retrive members of a specific SP security group using CSOM

Question

Hi,

I have a requirement to retrieve the site owners for SharePoint sites using CSOM. How can I retrieve a specific security group using its name and get it's users?

Appreciate all your help. Thank you in advance.

Regards
SLS

Answer 1

Hi @sravya shivapuram ,

Based on my research and testing, you can following the code to get users from site group in SharePoint using CSOM:

static void Main(string[] args)  
        {  
            var clientContext = GetonlineContext();  
            Web oweb = clientContext.Web;  
            Group oGroup = clientContext.Web.SiteGroups.GetByName("Group_Name");  
  
            // Get collection of users in the above group  
            UserCollection oUserCollection = oGroup.Users;  
  
            // Load the user collection object  
            clientContext.Load(oUserCollection);  
  
            clientContext.ExecuteQuery();  
  
            // Iterate through each User  
            foreach (User oUser in oUserCollection)  
            {  
                Debug.WriteLine("User Name: " + oUser.Title);  
            }  
  
        }  

My test result:

More information for reference:
https://www.codesharepoint.com/csom/get-all-users-from-site-group-in-sharepoint-using-csom

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Answer 2

Hi @Tong Zhang_MSFT , Thank you for your response. I tried implementing this but been receiving an error saying 'Group cannot be found'. The group name looks like - 'siteID Owners' ( which is a custom owners group created as part of the site creation with that naming format) . I am trying to find the users in that 'siteID Owners' group which is visible under 'Site Permissions'. Please advise.

Also, instead of printing it on the console, is there a way I can export this information to an excel file? Ex: The excel file needs to show 'Site Url' and 'Site Owners' information.

Appreciate all your help and time.

Regards
SLS