How do I access the group for a Cognito User account?

Question

In AWS Cognito, you can add a user to a group (after first creating a group). A user may belong to one or more groups.

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Answer 1

If you're using Amplify, if you use the currentAuthenticatedUser method you can get the groups from the response using:

response.signInUserSession.idToken.payload['cognito:groups']

Or using the currentSession method you can use either of:

response.accessToken.payload['cognito:groups']

or

response.idToken.payload['cognito:groups']