diff --git a/src/controllers/api.coffee b/src/controllers/api.coffee
index 231e7e5365..bc605d05ef 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api.coffee
+++ b/src/controllers/api.coffee
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ sanitize = validator.sanitize
 utils = require 'derby-auth/utils'
 derbyAuthUtil = require('derby-auth/utils')
 User = require('./../models/user').model
+Group = require('./../models/group').model
 
 api = module.exports
 
@@ -369,6 +370,40 @@ api.revive = (req, res, next) ->
     return res.json(500,{err}) if err
     res.json 200, saved
 
+###
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  Party
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+###
+api.getGroups = (req, res, next) ->
+  {user} = res.locals
+  async.parallel
+    party: (cb) ->
+      async.waterfall [
+        (cb2) ->
+          Group.findOne {type:'party', members: {'$in': [user?._id]}}, cb2
+        (party, cb2) ->
+          party = party.toJSON()
+          query = _id: '$in': party.members
+          fields = 'profile preferences items stats achievements party backer auth.local.username auth.facebook.first_name auth.facebook.last_name auth.facebook.name auth.facebook.username'.split(' ')
+          fields = _.reduce fields, ((m,k,v) -> m[k] = 1;m),{}
+          User.find query, fields, (err, members) ->
+            party.members = members
+            cb2(err, party)
+      ], (err, members) -> cb(err, members)
+
+    guilds: (cb) ->
+      return cb(null, {})
+      Group.findOne {type:'guild', members: {'$in': [user?._id]}}, cb
+
+    public: (cb) ->
+      return cb(null, {})
+      Group.find {privacy: 'public'}, {name:1, description:1, members:1}, cb
+
+  , (err, results) ->
+#      console.log {arguments}
+      return res.json 500,{err} if err
+      res.json results
 
 ###
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/models/group.coffee b/src/models/group.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acd7e61726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/models/group.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+mongoose = require("mongoose")
+Schema = mongoose.Schema
+helpers = require('habitrpg-shared/script/helpers')
+_ = require('lodash')
+
+GroupSchema = new Schema(
+
+  _id: {type: String, 'default': helpers.uuid}
+  name: String
+  description: String
+  leader: {type: String, ref: 'User'}
+  members: [{type: String, ref: 'User'}]
+  invites: [{type: String, ref: 'User'}]
+  type: {type: String, enum: ['guild', 'party']}
+  privacy: {type: String, enum: ['private', 'public']}
+  _v: {Number, 'default': 0}
+  chat: Array
+#    [{
+#      timestamp: Date
+#      user: String
+#      text: String
+#      contributor: String
+#      uuid: String
+#      id: String
+#    }]
+  balance: Number
+  logo: String
+  leaderMessage: String
+
+
+, {strict: 'throw'})
+
+module.exports.schema = GroupSchema
+module.exports.model = mongoose.model("Group", GroupSchema)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routes/api.coffee b/src/routes/api.coffee
index 67a959ab59..0514a4af78 100644
--- a/src/routes/api.coffee
+++ b/src/routes/api.coffee
@@ -43,4 +43,7 @@ router.put '/user',                       auth, cron, api.updateUser
 router.post '/user/revive',               auth, cron, api.revive
 router.post '/user/batch-update',         auth, cron, api.batchUpdate
 
+# Groups
+router.get '/groups',                     auth, api.getGroups
+
 module.exports = router
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server.coffee b/src/server.coffee
index 35e2af2286..3d4c4889bd 100644
--- a/src/server.coffee
+++ b/src/server.coffee
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require('./errors')
 
 mongoose = require('mongoose')
 require('./models/user') # load up the user schema - TODO is this necessary?
+require('./models/group')
 module.exports = server
 
 # Connect using Mongoose too for API purposes, we'll eventually phase out Derby and only use mongoose