# Add a group / Exclude a group from the community

To connect a group to a community, you will need to know the Community ID, as well as the ID of the group you want to connect.

You can get the community ID using endpoint `GET https://gate.whapi.cloud/communities`:

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To get the group identifier, use endpoint `GET https://gate.whapi.cloud/groups`:

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To add a group to the community, use endpoint&#x20;

`PUT https://gate.whapi.cloud/communities/{CommunityID}/{GroupID}`:

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To exclude a group from the community, you need endpoint&#x20;

`DELETE https://gate.whapi.cloud/communities/{CommunityID}/{GroupID}`:

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To get a list of groups already connected to the community use the “Get community subgroups” endpoint:

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