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# Groups participants api

# WhatsApp Business Cloud API - Groups Participants API

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Version

v23.0

The Groups API gives you simple functions to control groups through their lifecycle.

When you create a new group, an invite link is created for inviting participants to the group.

Since you cannot manually add participants to the group, simply send a message with your invite link to WhatsApp users who you would like to join the group.

## Base URL

\| [https://graph.facebook.com](https://graph.facebook.com) |

## Endpoints

\| POST | [/{Version}/{group_id}/participants](https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/reference/groups/groups-participants-api#post-version-group-id-participants) |
\| DELETE | [/{Version}/{group_id}/participants](https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/reference/groups/groups-participants-api#delete-version-group-id-participants) |

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## POST /{Version}/{group_id}/participants

Add participants to group

### Request Syntax

**POST**/{Version}/{group_id}/participants

Select language

cURLJavaScriptPython

***

```
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://graph.facebook.com/{Version}/{group_id}/participants' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <Token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'
```

Header Parameters

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User-Agentstring

The user agent string identifying the client software making the request.

Authorizationstring·required

Bearer token for API authentication. This should be a valid access token obtained through the appropriate OAuth flow or system user token.

Content-TypeOne of "application/json", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "multipart/form-data"·required

Media type of the request body

Path Parameters

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Versionstring·required

group\_idstring·required

Group ID

Request BodyRequired

***

Content Type: application/json

Schema: object

Show child attributes

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messaging\_product"whatsapp"·required

***

participantsarray of object·required

Array of phone numbers or WhatsApp IDs to remove (max 8 participants)

Show child attributes

***

participants\[]object

Show child attributes

***

userstring·required

WhatsApp user phone number or WhatsApp user ID

Responses

***

Add participants to group

200

Participants addition request processed

Select language

cURLJavaScriptPython

***

```
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://graph.facebook.com/{Version}/{group_id}/participants' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <Token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'
```

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## DELETE /{Version}/{group_id}/participants

Remove participants from group

### Request Syntax

**DELETE**/{Version}/{group_id}/participants

Select language

cURLJavaScriptPython

***

```
curl --request DELETE \
  --url 'https://graph.facebook.com/{Version}/{group_id}/participants' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <Token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'
```

Header Parameters

***

User-Agentstring

The user agent string identifying the client software making the request.

Authorizationstring·required

Bearer token for API authentication. This should be a valid access token obtained through the appropriate OAuth flow or system user token.

Content-TypeOne of "application/json", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "multipart/form-data"·required

Media type of the request body

Path Parameters

***

Versionstring·required

group\_idstring·required

Group ID

Request BodyRequired

***

Content Type: application/json

Schema: object

Show child attributes

***

messaging\_product"whatsapp"·required

***

participantsarray of object·required

Array of phone numbers or WhatsApp IDs to remove (max 8 participants)

Show child attributes

***

participants\[]object

Show child attributes

***

userstring·required

WhatsApp user phone number or WhatsApp user ID

Responses

***

Remove participants from group

200

Participants removal request processed

Select language

cURLJavaScriptPython

***

```
curl --request DELETE \
  --url 'https://graph.facebook.com/{Version}/{group_id}/participants' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <Token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'
```

## Authentication

\| **Scheme** | **Type** | **Location** |
\| bearerAuth | HTTP Bearer | Header: Authorization |

### Usage Examples

bearerAuth:

Include Authorization: Bearer your-token-here in request headers

### Global Authentication Requirements

All endpoints require:

bearerAuth

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