Update Group allowExternalMembers not updating

[adambarnett52]

Environment details

• OS type and version: Rocky 9
• Python version: Python 3.9.18
• pip version: pip 22.0.4
• google-api-python-client version: 2.118.0

Steps to reproduce

Run the below code and check the group settings after

Code example

creds = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file(
        g_key, scopes=['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.group', 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/apps.groups.settings']
    )
    creds = creds.with_subject(admin_user + "@domain.com")
    service = build('admin', 'directory_v1', credentials=creds)


body=json.dumps({'allowExternalMembers': "False"})
service.groups().update(groupKey=group['email'],body=body).execute()

Stack trace

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Thanks!

[parthea]

Please can you try to re-create the issue with the Try It section on this page and check whether the issue still exists? This helps to confirm if this is a client library issue or a API issue. If this is an issue with the API itself, we'll redirect you to the API support channel so you can get better quality answers. For the Admin API please see https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/support.