# PutGroupPolicy
Adds or updates an inline policy document that is embedded in the specified IAM group.
A user can also have managed policies attached to it. To attach a managed policy to a group, use [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_AttachGroupPolicy.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_AttachGroupPolicy.html). To create a new managed policy, use [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_CreatePolicy.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_CreatePolicy.html). For information about policies, see [Managed policies and inline policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/policies-managed-vs-inline.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
For information about the maximum number of inline policies that you can embed in a group, see [IAM and AWS STS quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_iam-quotas.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
**Note**
Because policy documents can be large, you should use POST rather than GET when calling `PutGroupPolicy`. For general information about using the Query API with IAM, see [Making query requests](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/IAM_UsingQueryAPI.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.
## Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).
** GroupName **
The name of the group to associate the policy with.
This parameter allows (through its [regex pattern](http://wikipedia.org/wiki/regex)) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: \$1\$1=,.@-.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Pattern: `[\w+=,.@-]+`
Required: Yes
** PolicyDocument **
The policy document.
You must provide policies in JSON format in IAM. However, for CloudFormation templates formatted in YAML, you can provide the policy in JSON or YAML format. CloudFormation always converts a YAML policy to JSON format before submitting it to IAM.
The [regex pattern](http://wikipedia.org/wiki/regex) used to validate this parameter is a string of characters consisting of the following:
+ Any printable ASCII character ranging from the space character (`\u0020`) through the end of the ASCII character range
+ The printable characters in the Basic Latin and Latin-1 Supplement character set (through `\u00FF`)
+ The special characters tab (`\u0009`), line feed (`\u000A`), and carriage return (`\u000D`)
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 131072.
Pattern: `[\u0009\u000A\u000D\u0020-\u00FF]+`
Required: Yes
** PolicyName **
The name of the policy document.
This parameter allows (through its [regex pattern](http://wikipedia.org/wiki/regex)) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: \$1\$1=,.@-
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Pattern: `[\w+=,.@-]+`
Required: Yes
## Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).
** LimitExceeded **
The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current AWS account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.
HTTP Status Code: 409
** MalformedPolicyDocument **
The request was rejected because the policy document was malformed. The error message describes the specific error.
HTTP Status Code: 400
** NoSuchEntity **
The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.
HTTP Status Code: 404
** ServiceFailure **
The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.
HTTP Status Code: 500
## Examples
### Example
This example illustrates one usage of PutGroupPolicy.
#### Sample Request
```
https://iam.amazonaws.com/?Action=PutGroupPolicy
&GroupName=PowerUsers
&PolicyName=IAMReadAccess
&PolicyDocument={"Version":"2012-10-17", "Statement":{"Effect":"Allow","Action":["iam:Get*", "iam:List*", "iam:Generate*"],"Resource":"*"}}
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMS
```
#### Sample Response
```
7a62c49f-347e-4fc4-9331-6e8eEXAMPLE
```
## See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+ [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/iam-2010-05-08/PutGroupPolicy)
+ [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/iam-2010-05-08/PutGroupPolicy)
+ [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iam-2010-05-08/PutGroupPolicy)
+ [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/iam-2010-05-08/PutGroupPolicy)
+ [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iam-2010-05-08/PutGroupPolicy)
+ [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/iam-2010-05-08/PutGroupPolicy)
+ [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/iam-2010-05-08/PutGroupPolicy)
+ [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/iam-2010-05-08/PutGroupPolicy)
+ [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/iam-2010-05-08/PutGroupPolicy)
+ [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iam-2010-05-08/PutGroupPolicy)