Create Group

Use the Create Group endpoint to create a root group or a non-root group. When creating a root group, populate these parameters to create the business profile:

  • businessLegalName
  • doingBusinessAs
  • phoneCountryCode
  • phone
  • primaryContactEmail
  • primaryContactName

When creating a non-root group, you can populate the business-profile parameters as desired. All of the name parameters support the Latin-9 (ISO-8859-15) character set. See Creating a Corporate Hierarchy for instructions on using this endpoint.

Status codes

See Global Response Statuses for status codes that are common across endpoints.

The table below lists status codes that apply to this specific endpoint.

Status codeDescription
613-01Maximum levels exceeded. The root group specifications do not permit this level to be created. Create this group at a higher level in the hierarchy.
Form Data
string
required

Web service username, as provided by Galileo.
Pattern: Max 50 characters
Example: "AbC123-9999"

string
required

Web service password, as provided by Galileo.
Pattern: Max 15 characters
Example: "4sb62fh6w4h7w34g"

int32
required

Galileo-issued provider identifier.
Pattern: Max 10 digits
Example: 9999

string
required
1 to 60

A unique provider-generated ID to identify this API call. A UUID is preferred.
Pattern: 60 characters or less
Example: "9845dk-39fdk3fj3-4483483478"

string
required
length between 1 and 40

Name of the group.
Pattern: 1–40 alphanumeric characters, including spaces, hyphens, and single quotes
Example: "CDE Corp"

string
length between 1 and 10

The identifier of the next group up in the hierarchy. Required when creating a non-root group; not valid when maxLevel is populated. This value cannot be changed after it is set
.Pattern: Max 10 numeric characters
Example: "456"

int32 | null
1 to 5

Maximum number of subgroup levels that can be created below this root group. Required when creating a root group. Not valid when parentGroupId is populated. This value cannot be changed to a smaller number after it is set.
Pattern: Numerals 0–5
Example: 3

string | null

Provider-specified identifier for the group.
Pattern: Max 30 alphanumeric characters
Example: "L0000"

string | null

Operating name of the company, if different from businessLegalName.
Pattern: 2–150 alphanumeric characters, as shown in businessName parameter
Example: "SportsBall Enterprises"

string | null

Legal name of the business.
Pattern: 2–150 alphanumeric characters, as shown in businessName parameter
Example: "CDE Corporation, Inc."

string | null
2 to 4

Country code prefix for phone. If this parameter is populated, then phone is required.
Pattern: Plus sign (+) with 1–3 digits
Example: "+011"

string | null

Phone number for the primaryContactName. If this parameter is populated, then phoneCountryCode is required.
Pattern: Phone number for the primaryContactName.
Example: "18015551456"

string | null

The name of the primary point of contact at businessLegalName.
Pattern: 2–150 Latin-9 characters
Example: "Maxina Seward"

string | null

Email address of primaryContactName.
Pattern: Email address, 3–63 characters
Example: "[email protected]"

string | null
enum

Specifies whether the root group is to be enrolled in Mastercard Smart Data.
Pattern: String
Example: "Y"

Allowed:
string | null

The employer identification number (EIN) from the IRS.
Pattern: 99-9999999.
Example: "12-3456789"

Headers
string
enum
Defaults to json

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Allowed:
string
enum
Defaults to application/json

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