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There is no way to create a group, list one, add or remove participants, manage admins, or read an invite link, and no documented way to obtain a group id in the first place.","groups_unsupported","Paraphrase (not a verbatim quote), read from the Cloud API reference index on the checked date: the reference covers sending messages to WhatsApp users and managing message templates; no group node or edge appears in it. The messages reference does list a group recipient type, but no endpoint returns or creates a group id, so the value cannot be obtained.","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.facebook.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fwhatsapp\u002Fcloud-api\u002Freference",{"checked":10,"claim":16,"cost_label":17,"key":18,"quote":19,"source_url":20},"A business may send free-form messages only inside a 24-hour customer service window that the user opens by messaging or calling. Once the window closes, only pre-approved template messages may be sent.","Writing to someone first","template_and_24h_window","\"When a WhatsApp user messages you or calls you, a 24-hour timer called a customer service window starts.\" and \"When the window closes, you can only send pre-approved template messages.\" (both verbatim)","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.facebook.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fwhatsapp\u002Fcloud-api\u002Fguides\u002Fsend-messages",{"checked":10,"claim":22,"cost_label":23,"key":24,"quote":25,"source_url":26},"Meta charges for the WhatsApp Business Platform per message rather than per conversation. The earlier per-conversation model was replaced on 1 July 2025, so any comparison written before that date is out of date; free entry point windows remain an exception.","Every message you send","per_message_pricing","\"Effective July 1, 2025, Meta charges on a per-message basis\" (verbatim). The same page describes Free Entry Point windows, which stay open for 72 hours and carry no charge for messages sent while open.","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.facebook.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fwhatsapp\u002Fpricing",{"checked":10,"claim":28,"cost_label":29,"key":30,"quote":31,"source_url":32},"Apps that need advanced access to Meta's permissions may have to complete Business Verification, a process in which Meta collects information to verify the business entity. It is a real onboarding step with a real elapsed time, and it has no equivalent when you link a number you already own.","Getting onto the platform","business_verification","\"As of February 1, 2023, if your app requires advanced level access to permissions, you might need to complete Business Verification.\" and \"Business Verification is a process that allows us to gather information about you and your Business so we can verify your identity as a business entity.\" (both verbatim)","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.facebook.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fdevelopment\u002Frelease\u002Fbusiness-verification",[34,38,41],{"a":35,"q":36,"source":37},"WhatsApp publishes no number, and anyone who quotes you one is guessing. What is observable is that new numbers get restricted far sooner than established ones. Start with a handful a day on a warmed-up number, watch for timelocks, and treat the first restriction as a signal to slow down rather than as a quota to probe.","How many groups can I create in a day?","features.json",{"a":39,"q":40,"source":37},"Yes, the create call takes a participant list, but it is the riskiest way to fill a group. Many people have privacy settings that stop strangers adding them, so they will silently not appear, and those who do appear may report the number. Publishing the invite link is slower and much safer.","Can I add people to the group as I create it?",{"a":42,"q":43,"source":37},"It stays until it leaves or is removed. Because the creator holds the superadmin role, leaving a group you created hands nothing over automatically, so promote a human admin before the automation departs. Otherwise the group is left without anyone who can change its settings or membership.","Does the linked number stay in the group forever?",{"name":45,"slug":46,"url":47},"Create Group","create-group","\u002Fwhatsapp-api\u002Fcreate-group\u002F",{"checked":10,"doc_url":14,"quote":49},"Paraphrase (not a verbatim quote), checked against the Cloud API reference index: the reference documents sending messages to WhatsApp users and managing message templates; no node or edge for creating or administering a group appears anywhere in it.","There is none that produces a real group. Businesses on the official platform fall back to sending the same message to each recipient individually, which costs per message, loses the shared thread entirely, and is not what a customer asked for when they asked for a group.",{"alternatives":52,"glossary":53,"matrix":63,"pillar":47},[],[54,57,60],{"title":55,"url":56},"JID","\u002Fglossary\u002Fjid\u002F",{"title":58,"url":59},"Group admin","\u002Fglossary\u002Fgroup-admin\u002F",{"title":61,"url":62},"Invite code","\u002Fglossary\u002Finvite-code\u002F","\u002Fvs-cloud-api\u002F",{"breadcrumb":65,"canonical":73,"description":74,"h1":75,"lastmod":10,"title":76},[66,69,71],{"name":67,"url":68},"Home","\u002F",{"name":70,"url":63},"vs Cloud API",{"name":45,"url":72},"\u002Fvs-cloud-api\u002Fcreate-group\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fwapito.com\u002Fvs-cloud-api\u002Fcreate-group\u002F","No. The official API cannot create a WhatsApp group. What Meta's own documentation says, the official workaround and how Wapito create groups instead.","Can the official WhatsApp API create groups?","Can the Official WhatsApp API Create Groups? | Wapito","No. The official API cannot create a WhatsApp group.","t4","Meta's Cloud API reference documents no endpoint for creating a group, and no way to obtain a group id in the first place. Group creation is a client feature, available in the phone apps and to unofficial APIs that speak the protocol directly, and it is the single most common reason teams look past the official platform.",{"availability":4,"ban_risk":5,"curl":81,"method":84,"operationId":85,"path":86,"summary":87,"tag":88,"url":89},{"code":82,"lang":83},"curl --request POST \\\n  --url https:\u002F\u002Fapi.wapito.com\u002Fv1\u002Fgroups \\\n  --header 'Authorization: Bearer wpt_YOUR_TOKEN' \\\n  --header 'Content-Type: application\u002Fjson' \\\n  --data '{\"subject\":\"Acme Launch Team\",\"participants\":[\"+15551234567\",\"+15559876543\"],\"description\":\"Coordination for the Q3 launch. 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Keep it on topic.\"}'\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>",1790464904803]