> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.scoutworks.app/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # List the groups and nodes below yours > Every group, district, county or other node below yours that shares data with you, at any depth: a group appears only when every level between it and you shares. Names, levels and parents only. Needs a district or area key. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /nodes/descendants openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Scoutworks public API version: 1.10.0 description: >- Read your Scout group’s data from your own tools: spreadsheets, scripts, Zapier or n8n, and keep its task boards up to date. Every request is scoped to the group that owns the key. **Authentication.** Send a group API key as a Bearer token. Keys are created by a group admin and shown once. **Scopes.** Each operation names the scope it needs. Area scopes (`members:read`, `events:read`, `badges:read`, `waiting-list:read`, `tasks:read`) open an area; a `.contacts` scope adds dates of birth and parent details to that area’s responses. `tasks:write` is the one scope that changes data: it adds and updates tasks, as the admin who created the key. Fields a key may not see are left out, not sent as null. Health, bank details and free-text notes are never available. **Pagination.** Lists return `{ data, nextCursor }`. Pass `nextCursor` back as `?cursor=`, with the same filters, until it is null. `limit` is 1 to 200. **Errors.** Every error is `{ error: { code, message } }`. Branch on `code`; `message` is for people and may change. **Compatibility.** We aim to change v1 only by addition: new endpoints, new optional parameters, new response fields and new enum values. Ignore fields you do not know and treat an unknown enum value as “other”. We will try to warn you before a breaking change, but one can still happen without notice, so check responses and fail loudly on an error. Changes are listed in the changelog at https://developers.scoutworks.app/changelog. **Rate limits.** 120 requests a minute per key. `RateLimit-*` headers report what is left. servers: - url: https://api.scoutworks.app/api/v1 description: Live - url: https://api-demo.scoutworks.app/api/v1 description: Demo (sample data, reset weekly) security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Keys description: Check a key and see what it can reach. - name: Members description: Young people in the group. - name: Sections description: The group’s sections and units, and their ids. - name: Events description: Meetings, trips and camps, and who is going. - name: Badges description: Badge progress and awards. - name: Waiting list description: Applications waiting for a place. paths: /nodes/descendants: get: tags: - Nodes summary: List the groups and nodes below yours description: >- Every group, district, county or other node below yours that shares data with you, at any depth: a group appears only when every level between it and you shares. Names, levels and parents only. Needs a district or area key. operationId: listNodeDescendants parameters: - name: cursor in: query required: false description: >- Opaque. Pass the `nextCursor` of the previous page, with the same filters, to get the next one. Do not build or parse it. schema: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 512 - name: limit in: query required: false description: Page size, 1 to 200. Defaults to 50. schema: default: 50 type: integer minimum: 1 maximum: 200 responses: '200': description: OK content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1NodeDescendantPage' headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Requests allowed in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Remaining: description: Requests left in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Reset: description: Seconds until the window resets. schema: type: integer '400': description: >- A query parameter, cursor or request body is not acceptable (`invalid_request`). headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Requests allowed in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Remaining: description: Requests left in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Reset: description: Seconds until the window resets. schema: type: integer content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1Error' '401': description: >- No API key, or one that is unknown, revoked or expired (`invalid_api_key`). headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Requests allowed in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Remaining: description: Requests left in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Reset: description: Seconds until the window resets. schema: type: integer content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1Error' '403': description: The key lacks the scope this operation needs (`insufficient_scope`). headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Requests allowed in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Remaining: description: Requests left in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Reset: description: Seconds until the window resets. schema: type: integer content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1Error' '429': description: Too many requests; wait `retryAfter` seconds (`rate_limited`). headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Requests allowed in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Remaining: description: Requests left in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Reset: description: Seconds until the window resets. schema: type: integer Retry-After: description: Seconds to wait before trying again. schema: type: integer content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1Error' '500': description: Our fault; quote `errorRef` to support (`internal_error`). headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Requests allowed in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Remaining: description: Requests left in the current window. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Reset: description: Seconds until the window resets. schema: type: integer content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1Error' security: - bearerAuth: - nodes:structure:read components: schemas: V1NodeDescendantPage: type: object properties: data: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1NodeDescendant' nextCursor: description: Pass as `?cursor=` for the next page. Null on the last. Opaque. type: - string - 'null' required: - data - nextCursor V1Error: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - invalid_api_key - insufficient_scope - invalid_request - subscription_required - not_found - conflict - rate_limited - internal_error message: type: string required: - code - message errorRef: description: 'On a 500: a reference to quote to Scoutworks support.' type: string retryAfter: description: 'On a 429: seconds to wait before trying again.' type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 required: - error V1NodeDescendant: type: object properties: id: type: string format: uuid pattern: >- ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$ description: The group or node. The same id the metrics rows carry as `groupId`. name: type: string tier: type: string enum: - group - district - county - area - region - country - national description: >- `group` for a Scout group, or the level of a node: `district`, `county`, `area`, `region`, `country`, `national`. parentId: type: string format: uuid pattern: >- ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$ description: >- The node directly above it: your own node, or another row of this list. required: - id - name - tier - parentId securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- A group API key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer sw_live_…`. Keys from staging and the demo start `sw_test_` instead. A group admin creates keys in Settings → Integrations → API keys. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.