I am trying to use whatsapp business api for my application with twilio. I already have read the documentation of whatsapp business api. My question is, can we use twilio to send the messages to different whatsapp group based on id. For example, If I have 3 groups such as Students, Professors, Assistants and based on each different group I want to send a specific message such as Hi to Students, Hello to Professors and Hey to Assistants. What I know till now that Whatsapp differentiate everything with specific id, for instance, chat.whatsapp.com/DeUzzel9O13231

I also have worked with the twilio and whatsapp api where you can send a message from your twilio number to your whatsapp number like below

using System;using Twilio;using Twilio.Rest.Api.V2010.Account;class Program {static void Main(string[] args){// Find your Account Sid and Token at twilio.com/console// DANGER! This is insecure. See http://twil.io/secureconst string accountSid = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";const string authToken = "your_auth_token";TwilioClient.Init(accountSid, authToken);var message = MessageResource.Create(body: "Join Earth's mightiest heroes. Like Kevin Bacon.",from: new Twilio.Types.PhoneNumber("+15017122661"),to: new Twilio.Types.PhoneNumber("+15558675310"));Console.WriteLine(message.Sid);}}

The code above is only for sending a message to a specific number. Can I do the same thing with the groups? If yes, How? Is there any documentation for that?

Thanks.

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Best Answer


Doesn't look like a supported feature just yet.

"Can I send messages to WhatsApp groups or manage groups?

Currently, our API does not support messaging with or managingWhatsApp groups. We expect to add support for groups in the future."

Source: https://www.twilio.com/docs/sms/whatsapp/best-practices-and-faqs#frequently-asked-questions-on-whatsapp-integrations