diff --git a/transfer_service/db_connector.py b/transfer_service/db_connector.py
index cbe8a3d3689fe26c7f3d0fae1a1053bb4a3b6fef..a47254ce1452deee0d0d2813c4fb9d0ae8653b0f 100644
--- a/transfer_service/db_connector.py
+++ b/transfer_service/db_connector.py
@@ -85,6 +85,48 @@ class DbConnector(object):
                     conn.rollback()
                 print(e)
         return result[0]["creator_id"]
+      
+    def getGroupRead(self, vospacePath):
+        """Returns the 'group_read' for a given VOSpace path representing a node."""
+        with self.getConnection() as conn:
+            try:
+                cursor = conn.cursor(cursor_factory = RealDictCursor)
+                cursor.execute("""
+                    SELECT unnest(group_read) as group_read
+                    FROM node_vos_path nvp
+                    JOIN node n ON nvp.node_id = n.node_id
+                    WHERE vos_path = %s;
+                    """, 
+                    (vospacePath,))
+                result = cursor.fetchall()
+            except Exception as e:
+                if not conn.closed:
+                    conn.rollback()
+                print(e)
+        for i in range(0, len(result)):
+            result[i]["group_read"] = result[i]["group_read"].split("people.")[-1].replace("\\", "")
+        return result
+      
+    def getGroupWrite(self, vospacePath):
+        """Returns the 'group_write' for a given VOSpace path representing a node."""
+        with self.getConnection() as conn:
+            try:
+                cursor = conn.cursor(cursor_factory = RealDictCursor)
+                cursor.execute("""
+                    SELECT unnest(group_write) as group_write
+                    FROM node_vos_path nvp
+                    JOIN node n ON nvp.node_id = n.node_id
+                    WHERE vos_path = %s;
+                    """, 
+                    (vospacePath,))
+                result = cursor.fetchall()
+            except Exception as e:
+                if not conn.closed:
+                    conn.rollback()
+                print(e)
+        for i in range(0, len(result)):
+            result[i]["group_write"] = result[i]["group_write"].split("people.")[-1].replace("\\", "")
+        return result
 
     def getOSPath(self, vospacePath):
         """Returns a list containing full path, storage type and username for a VOSpace path."""