This API is used to create a consumer group.

POST /v2/{project_id}/kafka/instances/{instance_id}/group

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID. For details about how to obtain it, see Obtaining a Project ID.
instance_id	Yes	String	Instance ID.

**Table 2** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
group_name	Yes	String	Consumer group name.
group_desc	No	String	Consumer group description.

Status code: 200

**Table 3** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
-	String	Specified IPv4 private IP addresses. The number of specified IP addresses must be less than or equal to the number of new brokers. If the number of specified IP addresses is less than the number of brokers, the unspecified brokers are randomly assigned private IP addresses.

Status code: 400

**Table 4** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error description.

Creating a consumer group named test

POST https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/kafka/instances/{instance_id}/group

{
  "group_name" : "test"
}

Status code: 200

Creation succeeded.

success

Status Code	Description
200	Creation succeeded.
400	Creation failed.

Creating a Consumer Group