WhatsApp Business API: Sending messages only to individual recipients, how to send to groups?
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I'm currently exploring the capabilities of the WhatsApp Business API for a project I'm working on. I'm wondering if the WhatsApp Business API supports sending messages to WhatsApp groups. I've read through the documentation, but I couldn't find a clear answer on this specific feature.

Could someone who has experience with the WhatsApp Business API clarify whether it supports sending messages to WhatsApp groups? If it does, are there any specific limitations or requirements that I should be aware of?

I used WhatsApp Business API's cloud API in Postman to send messages. However, I've noticed that the API only allows sending messages to individual recipients. Here's the request I'm using:

POST = https://graph.facebook.com/{{Version}}/{{Phone-Number-ID}}/messages

Body = { "messaging_product": "whatsapp", "recipient_type": "individual", "to": "{{Recipient-Phone-Number}}", "type": "document", "document": { "link": "https://test.pdf", "filename": "Test" } }

I couldn't find a way to send messages to WhatsApp groups using this API. Is there a specific endpoint or method I should be using to send messages to WhatsApp groups? Or does the API indeed only support sending messages to individual recipients?

Any insights or guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks you!

Urvesh
Asked about a month ago
Selected Answer
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There is no way.

April 24 at 1:45 AM
Koral
Urvesh

While it appears that there is no official way to send messages to WhatsApp groups using the WhatsApp Business API, I'm curious about how other platforms like Ultramsg, Mytapi, and Whapi claim to provide such services

Are these platforms using unofficial methods, or is there a legitimate way to accomplish this that I'm unaware of?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIhRSaDomUY https://maytapi.com/ https://whapi.cloud/docs#/

April 24 at 3:15 AM
Koral

they use unofficial way. its literally written in the second link you provided.

April 24 at 5:20 AM