How to join the new Google groups with a link / API

Question

I have a Google group that I would like people to be able to join from my website by either clicking a link or filling out a form, either of which should not require any further authorisation from the group managers/owners.

Is it possible to join a Google group through clicking a link? For example: groups.google.com/g/groupname/join? I know that for the classic google groups, one can join like this: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/groupname/join, but I was wondering if this is still possible with the updated/new Google groups?

Is it possible to add a member to the Google group through an API call?

Straitlaced

Answer 1

Try using this URL and the user should be able to join the group

https://groups.google.com/g/[group name]

Prediction

Answer 2

While in the past there was the option through https://groups.google.com/group/YOURLISTNAME/subscribe, as far as I know there is no HTML-URL option anymore.

However, you can provide your visitors or potential subscribers with a mailto link [email protected].

So, something like this should do: mailto:[email protected]?Subject=Subscription Request

The subject part is optional but some email clients want to have at least a subject filled out before allowing a user to send a message.

Hope that helps someone out there looking for this option.

Retroflex

Answer 3

I dont think there is any direct way to do it. I asked about that to google support and their reply is :

If you want that anyone should be able to join the group then you have to change the group settings to Who can join the group and select the option Anyone on the web can join i.e. Anyone on the web can add themselves to the group. If you’re signed in to a work or school account, this option appears only if your administrator has set the option to let group owners allow external members.

The users can join the group with below given steps Join a new group

Sign in to Google Groups. Click All groups and find the group that you want to join. Click Join group.Note: If you don't see the "Ask to join group" option, you can email the group and ask to join it. In the Subscription section, choose how often you want email updates from the group: Every new message Send daily summaries Combined updates Don't send email updates Click Join group Also if you want to send the invitation to join the group where the user will receive the link to join the group then the setting Who can join group Choose an option: Only invited users—People have to be invited to join the group. They can't add themselves directly or ask to join.

Kindly refer the articles https://support.google.com/groups/answer/2464926?hl=en#zippy=%2Csettings-reference%2Cadvanced-settings-reference https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9304806?hl=en#1.2

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Answer 4

A cool trick: I found out that you can subscibe by navigating to this link. http://groups.google.com/group/[groupname]/boxsubscribe?email=myid

Straitlaced

Tried that and it doesn't work – Piliform