Move a site section group to a new position. (Deprecated) use sortSiteStructure instead.

Deprecated

post

Authorizations

AuthorizationstringRequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.

Path parameters

organizationIdstringRequired

A unique entity identifier

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$

siteIdstringRequired

The unique id of the site

siteSectionGroupIdstringRequired

The unique id of the site group

Body

Responses

200

Site section group moved

application/json

objectstring · enumRequired

The object type, which is always "site-section-group"

Possible values:

idstringRequired

Unique identifier of the site section group

titlestring · min: 1 · max: 100Required

Title of the site section group

sectionGroupstringOptional

ID of the parent section group this group belongs to

draftbooleanRequired

Whether the site section group is draft and not live.

iconstring · icon · max: 50Optional

Name of the icon

Example: gear

400

Invalid move site section group position provided

application/json

404

No matching site section group found

application/json

post/orgs/{organizationId}/sites/{siteId}/section-groups/{siteSectionGroupId}/move

POST /v1/orgs/{organizationId}/sites/{siteId}/section-groups/{siteSectionGroupId}/move HTTP/1.1
Host: api.gitbook.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 103

{
  "position": {
    "before": {
      "type": "site-section",
      "id": "text"
    },
    "after": {
      "type": "site-section",
      "id": "text"
    }
  }
}

{
  "object": "site-section-group",
  "id": "text",
  "title": "text",
  "localizedTitle": {
    "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": "text"
  },
  "sectionGroup": "text",
  "draft": true,
  "children": [
    {
      "object": "site-section",
      "id": "text",
      "title": "text",
      "localizedTitle": {
        "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": "text"
      },
      "description": "text",
      "localizedDescription": {
        "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": "text"
      },
      "default": true,
      "draft": true,
      "path": "text",
      "condition": "text",
      "sectionGroup": "text",
      "siteSpaces": [
        {
          "object": "site-space",
          "id": "text",
          "path": "text",
          "section": "text",
          "space": {
            "object": "space",
            "id": "text",
            "title": "text",
            "emoji": "🎉",
            "visibility": "public",
            "createdAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
            "updatedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
            "deletedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
            "editMode": "live",
            "type": "styleguide",
            "mergeRules": {
              "type": "inherit"
            },
            "urls": {
              "location": "https://example.com",
              "app": "https://example.com",
              "published": "https://example.com",
              "public": "https://example.com",
              "icon": "https://example.com"
            },
            "organization": "text",
            "parent": "text",
            "language": "en",
            "gitSync": {
              "repoName": "text",
              "installationStatus": "unauthenticated",
              "installationProvider": "github",
              "installationId": "text",
              "parentInstallationId": "text",
              "url": "text",
              "operation": {
                "state": "running",
                "direction": "export",
                "startedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
                "endedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
                "error": "text",
                "errorAction": {
                  "label": "text",
                  "url": "https://example.com"
                }
              },
              "operationTimeout": 1,
              "updatedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
            },
            "imports": [
              {
                "object": "import-run",
                "id": "text",
                "startedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
                "completedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
                "createdAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
                "updatedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
                "status": "pending",
                "reason": "text",
                "source": {
                  "type": "website",
                  "url": "https://example.com"
                },
                "target": {
                  "space": "text",
                  "changeRequest": "text",
                  "page": "text"
                },
                "site": "text",
                "createdBy": "text",
                "urls": {
                  "location": "https://example.com"
                },
                "pages": [
                  {
                    "id": "text",
                    "sourceURL": "text",
                    "type": "page",
                    "status": "complete"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ],
            "visitorAuth": {
              "backend": "custom"
            },
            "revision": "text",
            "defaultLevel": "admin",
            "comments": 1,
            "changeRequests": 1,
            "changeRequestsOpen": 1,
            "changeRequestsDraft": 1,
            "internal_poweredByV2": true,
            "internal_singleWebsocket": true,
            "permissions": {
              "view": true,
              "access": true,
              "admin": true,
              "viewInviteLinks": true,
              "edit": true,
              "triggerGitSync": true,
              "comment": true,
              "merge": true,
              "review": true,
              "installIntegration": true
            }
          },
          "title": "text",
          "localizedTitle": {
            "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": "text"
          },
          "default": true,
          "condition": "text",
          "pageId": "text",
          "draft": true,
          "hasAdvancedCustomizationFeature": true,
          "urls": {
            "published": "https://example.com"
          },
          "hidden": true
        }
      ],
      "urls": {
        "published": "https://example.com"
      },
      "icon": "gear"
    }
  ],
  "icon": "gear"
}