How to send message on WhatsApp Group using official API
I know about send message to any number using WhatsApp official API using
https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone= But is there any way to send message to WhatsApp Group is user is joined that group. I have a form and want this form data to be shared in our whatsapp group on click.
The WhatsApp Business API Client supports a subset of the features provided by the WhatsApp applications you already know from Android, iOS, Web and other platforms including end-to-end encryption. The difference is that this application can be deployed on a server, providing a local API that allows you to programmatically send and receive messages and integrate this workflow with your own systems (CRMs, customer care, etc.).
So in Business API its possible to send messages to the group also. You can check here. The following are the sample command for sending group message :
POST /v1/messages { "preview_url": false | true, "recipient_type": "group", "to": "whatsapp-group-id", "render_mentions": true | false, "type": "text", "text": { "body": "your-text-message-content" } }notice that the WhatsApp group API is being deprecated on July 2020. developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/api/groups
Why are they even doing this? Its a feature that Is perfect for my needs and they're removing it? Jeez.
I think due to some security issues. May be within months it will be returned back !!
The business API isn't really what you want to just send an automated message to a WhatsApp group. I also noticed recipient_type MUST be individual now, so it looks like they don't support sending messages to groups now. developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/api/messages#parameters
Hello, is there any update on this now? I need to send a message with pdf document to a WhatsApp group, I didn't find any working solution and the research got me here. Can anyone please let me know if this is possible now?
Of the current options for year 23, the official solutions are no longer suitable. Meta has refused to interact with groups and, as far as I know, they are not even testing this direction. Therefore, there is only hope for alternative providers that work on the basis of web api (ultramsg, whapi cloud, maytapi). Some are more stable, some are faster, some are more convenient, but it's nice that it's cheap, although there is a security nuance. Too bad Meta has abandoned group messaging, it was very convenient. I use this API, here's the method for creating a group, but there's quite a few out there for any kind of automation https://whapi.cloud/docs#/Groups/createGroup
Currently, this is not possible with WhatsApp. Other messenger have an open API (e.g. Facebook messenger) which allow such features. See here.
You know of a facebook API that can send a message to a messenger group?
from the alternatives here is what i found that might help: whatsmate -> only can send messages to group, no api to list existing groups
twilio whatsapp group messaging -> only can send invite to join group and join group api
maytapi -> allows creating and fetching whatsapp group api, send message as dm as well as to a group supported
I tries all these options but , I did not work for me properly.I was managed to develop a bot ,it can read messages through whatsapp web client and respond accordingly.