# DescribeGroupMembership


Use the `DescribeGroupMembership` API operation to determine if a user is a member of the specified group. If the user exists and is a member of the specified group, an associated `GroupMember` object is returned.

Following is an example AWS CLI command for this operation.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

CLI Input:

```
aws quicksight describe-group-membership 
    --region us-west-2 
    --aws-account-id AWSACCOUNTID 
    --namespace NAMESPACE 
    --group-name Marketing-East 
    --member-name MEMBERNAME
```

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For more information about the `ListGroups` API operation, see [DescribeGroupMembership](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeGroupMembership.html) in the *Amazon Quick Sight API Reference*.