return {}

    @group_data.setter

    def group_data(self, val):

        try:

            self._group_data = json.dumps(val)

        except Exception:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

    def __unicode__(self):

        return u"<%s('id:%s:%s')>" % (self.__class__.__name__,

                                      self.users_group_id,

                                      self.users_group_name)

    @classmethod

    def get_by_group_name(cls, group_name, cache=False,

                          case_insensitive=False):

        if case_insensitive:

            q = cls.query().filter(cls.users_group_name.ilike(group_name))

        else:

            q = cls.query().filter(cls.users_group_name == group_name)

        if cache:

            q = q.options(FromCache(

                            "sql_cache_short",

                          )

            )

        return q.scalar()

    @classmethod

    def get(cls, user_group_id, cache=False):

        user_group = cls.query()

        if cache:

            user_group = user_group.options(FromCache("sql_cache_short",

                                    "get_users_group_%s" % user_group_id))

        return user_group.get(user_group_id)

    def get_api_data(self, with_members=True):

        user_group = self

        data = dict(

            users_group_id=user_group.users_group_id,

            group_name=user_group.users_group_name,

            group_description=user_group.user_group_description,

            active=user_group.users_group_active,

            owner=user_group.user.username,

        )

        if with_members:

            members = []