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Create a WhatsApp group

POST
/v1/whatsapp/groups
const group = await bird.whatsapp.groups.create({
  whatsapp_number_id: "wan_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
  subject: "Norwood Fleet — Tuesday route",
});
console.log(group.id, group.status); // pending; read it back for the invite link
Odpowiedź202
{
  "id": "wag_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
  "whatsapp_number_id": "wan_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
  "waba": "102290129340398",
  "subject": "New Purchase Inquiry",
  "description": "Jim would like to learn about new car purchase options for current year models.",
  "status": "active",
  "join_approval_mode": "auto_approve",
  "invite_link": "https://chat.whatsapp.com/JZm4S9tCkQx2LpVr7Ny8Ab",
  "participants": [
    {
      "bsuid": "US.1566655121691972",
      "phone_number": "+16505551234",
      "username": "john.doe",
      "last_operation": {
        "type": "settings_update",
        "status": "pending",
        "requested_at": "2026-08-27T14:02:11Z",
        "settled_at": "2026-08-27T14:02:14Z",
        "results": [
          {
            "field": "subject",
            "applied": false,
            "error": {
              "description": "Group subject contains content that cannot be used.",
              "meta_error_code": "2388024"
            }
          }
        ],
        "last_error": {
          "description": "Group subject contains content that cannot be used.",
          "meta_error_code": "2388024"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "participant_count": 6,
  "pinned_messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "wam_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "pinned_until": "2026-09-01T09:14:52Z"
    }
  ],
  "profile_picture_url": "https://media.example.com/whatsapp/groups/JZm4S9tCkQx2.jpg",
  "last_operation": {
    "type": "settings_update",
    "status": "pending",
    "requested_at": "2026-08-27T14:02:11Z",
    "settled_at": "2026-08-27T14:02:14Z",
    "results": [
      {
        "field": "subject",
        "applied": false,
        "error": {
          "description": "Group subject contains content that cannot be used.",
          "meta_error_code": "2388024"
        }
      }
    ],
    "last_error": {
      "description": "Group subject contains content that cannot be used.",
      "meta_error_code": "2388024"
    }
  },
  "suspended_at": "2026-08-20T11:04:00Z",
  "created_at": "2026-05-20T09:14:52Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-25T16:42:01Z"
}

Creates a WhatsApp group administered by one of your business numbers. The number must hold Official Business Account status, which WhatsApp grants a number whose business is verified and whose display name is approved; without it the request returns a 412 WhatsAppGroupsNotEligible. GET /v1/whatsapp/numbers reports it per number as is_official_business_account, so read it there rather than discovering it from the refusal. A group holds 8 people besides your business, and a number can own 10,000 groups; a number already at that limit returns a 409 WhatsAppGroupLimitReached.

The 202 response is the accepted group, with status pending. WhatsApp confirms the group moments later, and that is when it issues the invite link and the group becomes messageable, so the response carries no invite_link. Read the group back until its status is active. If WhatsApp refuses, the group ends at failed with last_operation.last_error set, and creating another group is the way forward.

Nobody is added at create time, and there is no way to add someone later: people join by opening the group's invite link. Send the link with the group invite template, and choose at create time whether opening it joins the group outright or raises a join request you approve.

Treść żądania

whatsapp_number_id
string
wymagane

The business number that will own and administer the group, as its id in GET /v1/whatsapp/numbers. It must be a number your workspace can send from, and WhatsApp must have granted it Official Business Account status; a number without that status returns a 412 WhatsAppGroupsNotEligible. The number cannot be changed afterwards, and every message to the group is sent from it.

subject
string
wymagane

The group's name, shown to participants and to anyone who opens the invite link. Surrounding whitespace is trimmed.

description
string

The group's description, shown alongside the subject.

join_approval_mode
string

Whether opening the invite link joins the group outright, or raises a join request for you to approve. Defaults to auto_approve. It cannot be changed once the group exists.

Treść odpowiedzi

id
string
wymagane

Unique identifier for the group. Accepted by every /v1/whatsapp/groups/{group_id} operation, and as to when sending a message to the group.

whatsapp_number_id
string
wymagane

The business number that created the group. It is the group's admin and the number every message to the group is sent from. Fixed when the group is created.

waba
nullable string
wymagane

Meta's identifier for the WhatsApp Business Account recorded when the group was created. This is a historical snapshot, not a live account directory projection. Null for a number we operate on your behalf, whose account is not yours to see.

subject
string
wymagane

The group's name, shown to participants and to anyone who opens the invite link.

description
nullable string

The group's description, shown alongside the subject. Null when the group has none.

status
string
wymagane

Where the group stands. A group is messageable only while it is active.

join_approval_mode
string
wymagane

Whether opening the invite link joins the group outright or raises a join request to approve.

invite_link
nullable string

The link that lets someone join the group, which is the only way in. A group has one link at a time. Null while the group is pending, since WhatsApp issues the link when it confirms the group. Rotating it through POST /v1/whatsapp/groups/{group_id}/invite-link/rotate replaces it, and every link the group had before then stops working.

participants
array of object

Who is in the group, as of the last update WhatsApp sent, and the whole set rather than a page: WhatsApp holds a group to a handful of people, so there is never a page's worth to return. The business number that created the group is its admin and is not listed.

Pokaż atrybuty podrzędne
participants.bsuid
string
wymagane

Business-scoped user ID, Meta's identifier for this person against your business. The one identifier every participant has: WhatsApp always sends it, and it is stable for as long as they are in the group.

participants.phone_number
string

Phone number in E.164 format. Absent when WhatsApp withholds it, which it does for anyone who has not shared their number with your business, so a group is normally a mix of participants with one and without.

participants.username
string

The WhatsApp username this person chose. Absent when they have none, and not an identifier to address them by: it is theirs to change, so it names them in a list rather than keying anything.

participants.last_operation
object

A removal asked of this participant that has not taken effect: pending while WhatsApp has yet to confirm it, or failed when WhatsApp refused. Never success, because a removal that succeeds takes the participant off this list: the entry disappearing is what says it worked. A pending removal refuses a second removal of the same person while leaving other participants free to be removed at the same time.

Pokaż atrybuty podrzędne
participant_count
integer
wymagane

How many people are in the group, excluding your business.

pinned_messages
array of object

The group's pins, newest first. WhatsApp holds a few at once, and pinning past that unpins the oldest rather than refusing. No entry here is merely requested. An entry stays listed until it is unpinned, so one whose pinned_until has passed is still listed after WhatsApp has taken it off the chat.

Pokaż atrybuty podrzędne
profile_picture_url
nullable string

Address of the group's picture, as WhatsApp serves it. Null when the group has none.

last_operation
object

The last create, settings change or delete asked of the group. pending while WhatsApp has yet to confirm it, which is what a client shows as in-progress and what refuses the next change to the group. A settings change carries per-field results, since WhatsApp can refuse one field and apply the others. A removal reports on the participant's own entry rather than here, so several can be in flight at once. Pinning is synchronous and reports nothing.

Pokaż atrybuty podrzędne
suspended_at
string

When WhatsApp suspended the group. Present only while the group is suspended, and gone once WhatsApp lifts the suspension.

created_at
string
wymagane
updated_at
string
wymagane

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