# Send announcement

To send a message (to post announcement) to a Community, you need to find out the exact ID of the group attached to that community.

Read more about it here: [#important-aspects-of-the-api-community](https://support.whapi.cloud/help-desk/introduction#important-aspects-of-the-api-community "mention")

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### How to find the correct Announcements group

To send announcements to your Community, you need to use the dedicated **Announcements group**, which is technically separate from the Community’s main group.

The easiest and most reliable way to retrieve it is by using [the endpoint](https://whapi.readme.io/reference/getcommunitysubgroups):

```bash
GET /communities/{CommunityID}/subgroups
```

This call returns all subgroups linked to the Community — including the Announcements group.

Within the response, look for the group that has:

* `isCommunityAnnounce`: true
* `"linkedParent"` matching your Community ID
* The **same name** as your Community, but a **different ID**

Alternatively, you can also:

* Manually send a message from your phone and check the `chat_id` in the webhook event — that’s the ID of the Announcements group.

This approach removes the guesswork and ensures you are sending announcements to the correct destination.

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Sending an announcement to a community is completely identical and follows the rules for sending a message to a group. To send this message, use this endpoint:

`POST https://gate.whapi.cloud/messages/text`

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This endpoint will allow you to send messages through the API
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```
curl --request POST \
     --url https://gate.whapi.cloud/messages/text \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'authorization: Bearer {your_token}' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "to": "120363297265854901@g.us",
  "body": "My first announcement"
}
'
```

We wrote more about how to post to a group here: [send-group-message](https://support.whapi.cloud/help-desk/sending/send-group-message "mention")


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