Groups

Disappearing Messages (group)

Turns disappearing messages on or off in the group. Duration in seconds, WhatsApp standard: 0 turns off, 86400 = 24 hours, 604800 = 7 days, 7776000 = 90 days.

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

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

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
`groupjid`	text	body	Yes	Group JID
`duration`	select	body	Yes	Duration before disappearing

Request example

curl

curl -X POST "https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/group/ephemeral" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-secret: YOUR_API_SECRET" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"groupjid":"120363123456789012@g.us","duration":"0"}'

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/group/ephemeral", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-api-secret": "YOUR_API_SECRET",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "groupjid": "120363123456789012@g.us",
    "duration": "0"
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());

Python

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/group/ephemeral",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY", "x-api-secret": "YOUR_API_SECRET"},
    json={"groupjid":"120363123456789012@g.us","duration":"0"},
)
print(res.json())

Response example

JSON

{
  "status": "success"
}

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

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