WhatsApp Groups API (Beta)
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Overview
The Groups API enables you to programmatically create groups for messaging and collaboration.
Groups API allows for more complex use cases than 1:1 messaging, expanding the way your business can operate using WhatsApp.
Invite-Only Groups: How it Works
Groups are now an invite-only experience. This means that Group participants join using a group invite link you send them. This link provides context about the group, helping the user decide whether they want to join.
This link is generated in one of two ways:
- Automatically during group creation time
- Manually when calling the create group invite link endpoint
Quick Facts
- Max group participants: 8
- Supported message types: Text, media, text-based templates, and media-based templates
- Max groups you can create: 1,024 per business number
- Supported webhooks: Message SENT | Message FAILED | Message DELIVERED | Incoming Messages
- Max Cloud API businesses per group: 1
Limits
Note: Groups are not available for Coexistence users
- Non-supported message types: Calling | Disappearing messages | View-once | Auth
- Non-supported actions:
- Admin hide group participant list
- Edit message
- Delete message
Updated about 8 hours ago