# Unable to Retrieve List of Groups in Nakama Go Server

**URL:** <https://forum.heroiclabs.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-list-of-groups-in-nakama-go-server/6010>\
**Category:** Runtime Framework\
**Tags:** server-framework, golang, groups\
**Created:** [February 6, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.heroiclabs.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-list-of-groups-in-nakama-go-server/6010 "2025-02-06T10:44:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![peyman1959](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.heroiclabs.com/peyman1959/32/2467_2.png) [@peyman1959](https://forum.heroiclabs.com/u/peyman1959)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.heroiclabs.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-list-of-groups-in-nakama-go-server/6010/1 "2025-02-06T10:44:06Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to retrieve a list of groups in Nakama using the Go server, but I’m encountering issues even with the code provided in the documentation.  
this is the code in server framework docs

```auto
groupName := "Heroic"
langTag := "en"
members := 10
open := true
limit := 100
cursor := ""

list, cursor, err := nk.GroupsList(ctx, groupName, langTag, &members, &open, limit, cursor)

if err != nil {
    logger.WithField("err", err).Error("Group list error.")
} else {
    for _, g:= range list {
        logger.Info("ID %s - open? %b cursor: %s", g.Id, g.Open, cursor)
    }
}

```

and when I use it I get

```auto
name filter cannot be combined with any other filter

```

how I can search for groups in server?  
and is there any way to search groups by its metadata

nakama-common v1.31.0  
nakama-pluginbuilder:3.21.0  
nakama:3.21.0

thanks

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**Author:** ![sesposito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.heroiclabs.com/sesposito/32/2594_2.png) [@sesposito](https://forum.heroiclabs.com/u/sesposito)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.heroiclabs.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-list-of-groups-in-nakama-go-server/6010/2 "2025-02-06T11:20:08Z")

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Hello @peyman1959,

I’d advise you to upgrade to Nakama latest (v3.26.0) as your version is almost a year old at this point.

As detailed in the [groups docs](https://heroiclabs.com/docs/nakama/concepts/groups/#list-and-filter-groups), name can be used only to search for groups with specific suffixes plus wildcard (%) but it is mutually exclusive with other filters, so if you’re using a non-empty `name` string none of the other filters can be used.

As a note, to omit `edgeCount` you’d need to set it to a value \< 0.

Search by metadata is also not supported, you’d have to list all groups (by omitting all the filters) and select by your metadata criteria in-memory.

Best.