diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/GitlabAPI.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/GitlabAPI.java
index c0c88fa7..492cfa87 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/GitlabAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/GitlabAPI.java
@@ -1009,6 +1009,21 @@ public List<GitlabNamespace> getNamespaces() {
         return retrieve().getAll(tailUrl, GitlabNamespace[].class);
     }
 
+     /**
+     * Get a list of the namespaces of the authenticated user based on the search criteria.
+     * If the user is an administrator, a list of all namespaces in the GitLab instance is shown.
+     *
+     * @param search param to search
+     * @return A list of gitlab namespace
+     * @throws IOException on gitlab api call error
+     */
+    public List<GitlabNamespace> getNamespaces(String search) throws IOException {
+        Query query = new Query()
+                .appendIf("search", search);
+        String tailUrl = GitlabNamespace.URL + query.toString();
+        return retrieve().getAll(tailUrl, GitlabNamespace[].class);
+    }	
+
     /**
      * Uploads a file to a project
      *
@@ -4252,4 +4267,18 @@ public List<GitlabEvent> getProjectEvents(Serializable projectId,
 
         return Arrays.asList(retrieve().method(GET).to(tailUrl.toString(), GitlabEvent[].class));
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Judge a group is exist or not
+     *
+     * @param path path of a group
+     */
+    public boolean isGroupNotExists(String path) throws IOException {
+        String tailUrl = GitlabGroup.URL;
+        Query query = new Query()
+                .append("search", path);
+        List<GitlabGroup> gitlabGroupList = retrieve().getAll(tailUrl + query.toString(), GitlabGroup[].class);
+        return gitlabGroupList.isEmpty();
+    }
+	
 }