{"record":{"id":"ae44329a022ad635","repo":"openai/openai-python","slug":"expected-a-non-empty-value-for-group-id-but-rece","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Expected a non-empty value for `group_id` but received {group_id!r}","messagePattern":"Expected a non-empty value for `group_id` but received (.+?)","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"ValueError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"src/openai/resources/admin/organization/groups/groups.py","lineNumber":131,"sourceCode":"        extra_headers: Headers | None = None,\n        extra_query: Query | None = None,\n        extra_body: Body | None = None,\n        timeout: float | httpx2.Timeout | None | NotGiven = not_given,\n    ) -> Group:\n        \"\"\"\n        Retrieves a group.\n\n        Args:\n          extra_headers: Send extra headers\n\n          extra_query: Add additional query parameters to the request\n\n          extra_body: Add additional JSON properties to the request\n\n          timeout: Override the client-level default timeout for this request, in seconds\n        \"\"\"\n        if not group_id:\n            raise ValueError(f\"Expected a non-empty value for `group_id` but received {group_id!r}\")\n        return self._get(\n            path_template(\"/organization/groups/{group_id}\", group_id=group_id),\n            options=make_request_options(\n                extra_headers=extra_headers,\n                extra_query=extra_query,\n                extra_body=extra_body,\n                timeout=timeout,\n                security={\"admin_api_key_auth\": True},\n            ),\n            cast_to=Group,\n        )\n\n    def update(\n        self,\n        group_id: str,\n        *,\n        name: str,\n        # Use the following arguments if you need to pass additional parameters to the API that aren't available via kwargs.","sourceCodeStart":113,"sourceCodeEnd":149,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/openai/openai-python/blob/9917c6e28e66e90e1227b3d223c06a8c5441515a/src/openai/resources/admin/organization/groups/groups.py#L113-L149","documentation":"The SDK raises ValueError when group_id is falsy before issuing the synchronous GET /organization/groups/{group_id} request (groups.py:131). It is a generated guard that prevents building a URL with an empty path segment. The error occurs locally, before any HTTP traffic.","triggerScenarios":"Calling client.admin.organization.groups.retrieve(group_id='') or with None; typical when the group ID was never captured after group creation or was trimmed from an empty config value.","commonSituations":"Storing group IDs in a database/env var that is empty; copy-paste code samples with placeholder IDs like ''; reading the ID from a dict key that does not exist (yielding None).","solutions":["Get a valid ID first, e.g. from client.admin.organization.groups.list()","Validate the variable is a non-empty string before the call (assert group_id)","Fix the upstream source (config file, DB row) that supplies the empty ID"],"exampleFix":"# before\ngroup = client.admin.organization.groups.retrieve(group_id=group_id)  # group_id == ''\n\n# after\nassert group_id, 'group_id must be a non-empty string'\ngroup = client.admin.organization.groups.retrieve(group_id=group_id)","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"if not group_id:\n    raise ValueError('group_id is required to retrieve a group')","typeGuard":"def is_valid_group_id(v: object) -> bool:\n    return isinstance(v, str) and bool(v.strip())","tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Use keyword arguments to avoid positional mix-ups","Require the group ID in your wrapper function signature","Log the ID value (repr) before SDK calls during debugging"],"tags":["openai","admin-api","groups","path-parameter","valueerror"],"backgroundTag":"missing-required-parameter","analyzedSha":"9917c6e28e66e90e1227b3d223c06a8c5441515a","analyzedAt":"2026-08-28T11:46:34.183Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-28T16:17:29.566Z"}