The following example returns all the Groups with permissions associated to the SharePoint Web using Managed Client Side Object Model.
After creating a console application project in Visual Studio solution, add the following assembly references to the project.
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime
  1. using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
  2. using System;
  3. using System.Collections.Generic;
  4. using System.Linq;
  5. using System.Net;
  6. using System.Text;
  8. namespace GetWebGroups
  9. {
  10. class Program
  11. {
  12. static void Main(string[] args)
  13. {
  14. //Get Site Url fro user
  15. Console.Write("Enter Site URL: ");
  16. string strURL = Console.ReadLine();
  18. //Get Username from user in the format of (Domain/Login ID)
  19. Console.Write("Enter UserName (domain/userid): ");
  20. string strUserName = Console.ReadLine();
  22. Console.Write("Enter your password: ");
  23. string pass = getPassword();
  24. Console.WriteLine();
  26. ClientContext ctx = new ClientContext(strURL);
  27. ctx.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(strUserName, pass);
  28. Web web = ctx.Web;
  29. //Parameters to receive response from the server
  30. //RoleAssignments property should be passed in Load method to get the collection of Groups assigned to the web
  31. ctx.Load(web, w => w.Title);
  32. RoleAssignmentCollection roleAssignments= web.RoleAssignments;
  33. //RoleAssignment.Member property returns the group associated to the web
  34. //RoleAssignement.RoleDefinitionBindings property returns the permissions associated to the group for the web
  35. ctx.Load(roleAssignments, roleAssignement => roleAssignement.Include(r => r.Member, r => r.RoleDefinitionBindings));
  36. ctx.ExecuteQuery();
  38. Console.WriteLine("Groups has permission to the Web: " + web.Title);
  39. Console.WriteLine("Groups Count: " + roleAssignments.Count.ToString());
  40. Console.WriteLine("Group with Permissions as follows:");
  41. foreach (RoleAssignment grp in roleAssignments)
  42. {
  43. string strGroup = "";
  44. strGroup += grp.Member.Title +" : ";
  46. foreach (RoleDefinition rd in grp.RoleDefinitionBindings)
  47. {
  48. strGroup += rd.Name+ " ";
  49. }
  50. Console.WriteLine(strGroup);
  51. }
  52. Console.Read();
  53. }
  55. private static string getPassword()
  56. {
  57. ConsoleKeyInfo key;
  58. string pass = "";
  59. do
  60. {
  61. key = Console.ReadKey(true);
  62. // Backspace Should Not Work
  63. if (key.Key != ConsoleKey.Backspace && key.Key != ConsoleKey.Enter)
  64. {
  65. pass += key.KeyChar;
  66. Console.Write("*");
  67. }
  68. else
  69. {
  70. if (key.Key == ConsoleKey.Backspace && pass.Length > 0)
  71. {
  72. pass = pass.Substring(0, (pass.Length - 1));
  73. Console.Write("\b \b");
  74. }
  75. }
  76. }
  77. // Stops Receving Keys Once Enter is Pressed
  78. while (key.Key != ConsoleKey.Enter);
  79. return pass;
  80. }
  81. }
  82. }