Groups

Create Group

Creates a new WhatsApp group with the given participants. The connected number is automatically added as an admin. Name: min. 1, max. 100 characters. Maximum of 50 participants.

POSThttps://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/group/create

Authentication with the x-api-key and x-api-secret headers.

Parameters

NameTypeInRequiredDescription
nametextbodyYesGroup name
participantstextareabodyYesParticipants (JSON array of numbers with country code)

Request example

curl

curl -X POST "https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/group/create" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-secret: YOUR_API_SECRET" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Meu Time","participants":"[\"5511999990001\",\"5511999990002\"]"}'

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/group/create", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-api-secret": "YOUR_API_SECRET",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "name": "Meu Time",
    "participants": "[\"5511999990001\",\"5511999990002\"]"
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());

Python

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/group/create",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY", "x-api-secret": "YOUR_API_SECRET"},
    json={"name":"Meu Time","participants":"[\"5511999990001\",\"5511999990002\"]"},
)
print(res.json())

Response example

JSON

{
  "groupJID": "120363000000000000@g.us",
  "success": true
}

Values are illustrative; the fields follow the real response format.

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