prestashop – create customer group from module

I’m currently working on a few modules connected to a ERP system. The ERP manages pretty much everything (customers, products, orders, order status…) but I’m having a bit of a hard time with the customer groups. I want to be able to add and update those same groups threw a module. Does anyone have any insight on this? Will I have to override the core class?

Answer

Here is the solution to my own question. Feel free to write me in case you have questions.

private function validateGroup($group_name)
{
    $group = new Group();
    return $validation = $group->searchByName($group_name);
}

public function addGroup($groups)
{
    $new_group = new Group();


    foreach ($groups as $group) {
        $new_group->name                    = $group->name;
        $new_group->price_display_method    = 1; //0 - Doesn't display price   1 - Display price

        if (!$authentication = $this->validateGroup($group->name)) {
            $new_group->add();
        } else {
            $new_group->update();
        }
    }
}

Cheers