---
title: "Service: /groups/{group}/index/status [GET]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/get-group-index-status-GET.html
description: "This service retrieves the indexing status of a group, displaying outstanding indexing jobs by type (documents, folders, URLs, comments). It requires contributor permissions and returns job counts or an empty status if the group doesn't exist."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:36:02+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: search-GET
resource_id: search
path_template: /groups/{group}/index/status
http_method: GET
api_category: search
implementation_version: 6.2004
api_since: 4.6000
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: experimental
cache_control: null
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~196
---

# /groups/\{group\}/index/status \[GET\]

## Description

This service indicates the status of the [index](../../reference/glossary/index_xml.md) of a group.

The purpose of this service is to provide a list of outstanding indexing jobs.

## Parameters

No parameters required.

## Permission

This service requires contributor or higher.

## Response

When the group exists, the return is:

```xml

<indexing>
  <status>
    <index groupid="357"/>
    <jobs total="605"
          document="287"
          folder="98"
          url="22"
          comment="198"/>
  </status>
</indexing>
```

If the group doesn't exist, the return is:

```xml

<indexing>
  <status>
    <jobs total="0"/>
  </status>
</indexing>
```

## Error Handling

No specific errors expected for this service.