groups

groups.getById

Returns information about communities by their IDs.

To call this method, you can use:

Parameters

group_ids

string

IDs or screen names of communities.

group_id

string

ID or screen name of the community.

fields

string

Result

Returns the total results number in count field and an array of objects describing communities in items field.

Error codes

Common errors may occur during execution

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