sending a host creation request returns an error about user group creation. furthermore, current user actually is zabbix superadmin.
{"auth":"8b7483a0a94205159da9fa07c67f8740","method":"host.create","id":14,"params":{"groups":[
{"groupid":1}],"host":"Server 12"},"jsonrpc":"2.0"}
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","error":
{"code":-32500,"message":"Application error.","data":"[ CHost::create ] Only Super Admins can add User Groups"},"id":14}