Skip to main content

Promote group admin

Method#

/add-admin#

POST https://api.z-api.io/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE/token/YOUR_TOKEN/add-admin

Header#

KeyValue
Client-TokenACCOUNT SECURITY TOKEN

Concept#

This method is responsible for promoting group members to admins, you can promote one or more members to admins.

Attention

On November 4, 2021 whatsapp changed the format of creating new groups. before: "phone": "5511999999999-1623281429" now: "phone": "120363019502650977-group"


Attributes#

Required#

AttributesTypeDescription
groupIdstringGroup ID/phone
phonesArray with th number(s) of the participant(s) to be promoted

Optionals#

AttributesTypeDescription

Request Body#

URL#

POST https://api.z-api.io/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE/token/YOUR_TOKEN/add-admin

Body#

Old way -
{
"groupId": "5511999999999-1623281429",
"phones": ["5544999999999", "5544888888888"]
}
-------------------------------------------------
New way -
{
"groupId": "120363019502650977-group",
"phones": ["5544999999999", "5544888888888"]
}

Response#

200#

AttributesTypeDescription
valuebooleantrue if it worked and false if it failed

Example

{
"value": true
}

405#

In this case certify that you are sending the correct specification of the method. This means, verify if you sent a POST or GET as specified at the beginning of this topic.

415#

In case you receive 415 error, make sure to add the “Content-Type” of the object you are sending in the request headers, mostly “application/json”


Webhook Response#

Link to webhook response (on receipt)

Webhook


Code#