Create a community

To create a community through the API you will need to use endpoint

POST https://gate.whapi.cloud/communities

Create communityWhapi Cloud - Whatsapp API for developers

This method is responsible for creating a community

curl --request POST \
     --url https://gate.whapi.cloud/communities \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'authorization: Bearer {Your_Token}' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "subject": "A new community of scientists",
  "description": "This is where we bring together all our faculties to stay connected and up to date with the latest news"
}
'

Response Format:

{
  "id": "[email protected]",
  "name": "A new community of scientists",
  "conversationTimestamp": 1727856652,
  "subject": "A new community of scientists",
  "subjectOwner": "[email protected]",
  "subjectTime": 1727856652,
  "size": 1,
  "creation": 1727856652,
  "owner": "[email protected]",
  "desc": "This is where we bring together all our faculties to stay connected and up to date with the latest news",
  "descId": "9A7C840518933B604F7257DB",
  "restrict": false,
  "announce": false,
  "isCommunity": true,
  "isCommunityAnnounce": false,
  "joinApprovalMode": false,
  "memberAddMode": false,
  "participants": [
    {
      "id": "[email protected]",
      "admin": "superadmin"
    }
  ],
  "author": "[email protected]"
}

Please note that you will need a different ID to post to the community. Read more about it here: Important aspects of the API Community