> ## Documentation Index
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# Preview group size

> Preview how many consumers and how much current balance will be included before creating or updating a communication group.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api/creditor.openapi.yaml post /communications/groups/preview
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: YouNegotiate Creditor API
  version: '2.0'
  description: >-
    Stateless API endpoints for creditor portal authentication and account
    access.
servers:
  - url: https://api.creditor.younegotiate.com
    description: Production
security: []
tags:
  - name: System
    description: Public creditor domain system and health endpoints.
  - name: Authentication
    description: Creditor registration, login, password, and email verification endpoints.
  - name: Account Settings
    description: >-
      Authenticated creditor profile, contact, operating-hours, and
      profile-image endpoints.
  - name: Account Profile
    description: >-
      Creditor onboarding profile, membership, billing, and setup status
      endpoints.
  - name: Setup Wizard
    description: >-
      Creditor setup wizard status, required-step completion, and optional-step
      completion.
  - name: Dashboard
    description: Creditor dashboard work queues and performance widgets.
  - name: Import / Export
    description: >-
      Creditor consumer import upload sessions, queued imports, history,
      downloads, and failed-row files.
  - name: Membership Settings
    description: >-
      Creditor membership dashboard, plan changes, payment method, cancellation,
      special-plan inquiry, and over-limit retry endpoints.
  - name: Merchant Account
    description: >-
      Existing merchant processor credentials, Tilled onboarding, and merchant
      application endpoints.
  - name: Header Profiles
    description: >-
      CSV header profile upload, mapping, download, and setup wizard completion
      endpoints.
  - name: SFTP Connections
    description: >-
      Creditor-managed SFTP connection profiles for imports, exports, and setup
      wizard completion.
  - name: Sub Accounts
    description: >-
      Creditor-managed sub account list, export, create, update, and delete
      endpoints.
  - name: Pay Terms Offers
    description: >-
      Creditor-managed master, sub-account, group, and group-sub-account Pay
      Terms endpoints.
  - name: Individual Custom Offers
    description: Creditor individual custom offer list endpoints.
  - name: Negotiations
    description: >-
      Creditor negotiation work queues, including notice responses and offer
      review counts.
  - name: Communications / CFPB Validation Letter
    description: >-
      CFPB Validation Letter tables, secure EcoLetter send/resend, CSV export,
      and print/download actions.
  - name: Communications / EcoLetter Template
    description: >-
      Creditor EcoLetter template management for secure eLetter communications
      and campaigns.
  - name: Communications / Groups
    description: >-
      Creditor communication group management for dynamic consumer targeting and
      campaign selection.
  - name: Communications / Schedule Campaign
    description: >-
      Creditor EcoLetter campaign scheduling, quote, immediate send, and
      delivery queue endpoints.
  - name: Communications / Campaign Tracker
    description: >-
      Creditor campaign tracker reporting, refresh, and consumer export
      endpoints.
  - name: Consumer Profiles
    description: Creditor Consumer Profiles list, filter options, and CSV export endpoints.
  - name: Terms & Conditions
    description: Creditor-managed master and sub-account Terms & Conditions templates.
  - name: About Us & Contact
    description: Creditor-managed company About Us content shown to consumers.
  - name: Logo & Links
    description: >-
      Creditor-managed master and sub-account personalized logo colors, size,
      and consumer link metadata.
  - name: Users
    description: >-
      Master creditor user management, invitations, and account deletion
      endpoints.
paths:
  /communications/groups/preview:
    post:
      tags:
        - Communications / Groups
      summary: Preview group size
      description: >-
        Preview how many consumers and how much current balance will be included
        before creating or updating a communication group.
      operationId: creditorPreviewCommunicationGroup
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationGroupPreviewRequest'
            example:
              subclient_id: master
              file_upload_history_id: all
              consumer_state: not_viewed_offer
              custom_rules:
                placement_date:
                  start_date: '2026-01-01'
                  end_date: '2026-01-31'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Communication group preview returned.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationGroupPreviewResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthenticated'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ActiveMembershipRequired'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    CommunicationGroupPreviewRequest:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - consumer_state
      properties:
        subclient_id:
          oneOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: string
              enum:
                - master
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            `master` or null targets master accounts. Sub-account creditor users
            are forced to their assigned sub-account.
        file_upload_history_id:
          oneOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: string
              enum:
                - all
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            `all` or null targets all active accounts; an integer targets one
            completed import file.
        consumer_state:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationGroupState'
        custom_rules:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationGroupCustomRulesRequest'
    CommunicationGroupPreviewResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - data
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationGroupSnapshot'
    CommunicationGroupState:
      type: string
      enum:
        - all_active
        - not_viewed_offer
        - expired_negotiation
        - viewed_offer_but_no_response
        - open_negotiations
        - not_responded_to_counter_offer
        - negotiated_payoff_but_pending_payment
        - negotiated_plan_but_pending_payment
        - failed_or_skip_more_than_two_payments_consecutively
        - reported_not_paying
        - disputed
        - notice_response_added
        - notice_response_returned
    CommunicationGroupCustomRulesRequest:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        expiry_date:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationGroupDateRange'
        placement_date:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunicationGroupDateRange'
    CommunicationGroupSnapshot:
      type: object
      required:
        - total_count
        - total_balance
        - total_balance_label
      properties:
        total_count:
          type: integer
          example: 10
        total_balance:
          type: number
          format: float
          example: 1250.5
        total_balance_label:
          type: string
          example: $1,250.50
    MessageResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - message
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
    ValidationErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - message
        - errors
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        errors:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
    CommunicationGroupDateRange:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - start_date
        - end_date
      properties:
        start_date:
          type: string
          format: date
          example: '2026-01-01'
        end_date:
          type: string
          format: date
          example: '2026-01-31'
  responses:
    Unauthenticated:
      description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageResponse'
    ActiveMembershipRequired:
      description: Authenticated creditor does not have an active membership.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageResponse'
          example:
            message: An active membership is required.
    ValidationError:
      description: Request validation failed.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Sanctum token

````