I am trying to use whatsapp business api for my application with twilio. I already have read the documentation of whatsapp business api. My question is, can we use twilio to send the messages to different whatsapp group based on id. For example, If I have 3 groups such as Students, Professors, Assistants and based on each different group I want to send a specific message such as Hi to Students, Hello to Professors and Hey to Assistants. What I know till now that Whatsapp differentiate everything with specific id, for instance, chat.whatsapp.com/DeUzzel9O13231

I also have worked with the twilio and whatsapp api where you can send a message from your twilio number to your whatsapp number like below

using System; using Twilio; using Twilio.Rest.Api.V2010.Account; class Program  {     static void Main(string[] args)     {         // Find your Account Sid and Token at twilio.com/console         // DANGER! This is insecure. See http://twil.io/secure         const string accountSid = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";         const string authToken = "your_auth_token";         TwilioClient.Init(accountSid, authToken);         var message = MessageResource.Create(             body: "Join Earth's mightiest heroes. Like Kevin Bacon.",             from: new Twilio.Types.PhoneNumber("+15017122661"),             to: new Twilio.Types.PhoneNumber("+15558675310")         );         Console.WriteLine(message.Sid);     } }

The code above is only for sending a message to a specific number. Can I do the same thing with the groups? If yes, How? Is there any documentation for that?

Thanks.

Tag:asp.net-core, twilio

5 comments.

  1. KingCronus

    Doesn't look like a supported feature just yet.

    "Can I send messages to WhatsApp groups or manage groups?

    Currently, our API does not support messaging with or managing WhatsApp groups. We expect to add support for groups in the future."

    Source: https://www.twilio.com/docs/sms/whatsapp/best-practices-and-faqs#frequently-asked-questions-on-whatsapp-integrations

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    1. Jyotirmay

      Does Twilio started supporting this feature now?? I also have a similar requirement.

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    2. Max Rogério

      No, see the link: twilio.com/docs/whatsapp/best-practices-and-faqs#api

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    3. KingCronus

      Looks like WhatsApp are actually removing the API for groups entirely in the business API according to: developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/api/groups

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    4. mai

      Working link to the above (tldr; groups messaging is deprecated in whatsapp business api): web.archive.org/web/20201027083706/https://…

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