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RemoveAdmin#

Test Postman Apidog

The method removes a participant from group chat administration rights.

Request#

To remove a participant from group chat administration rights, you have to execute a request at:

POST 
{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/removeAdmin/{{apiTokenInstance}}

For apiUrl, idInstance and apiTokenInstance request parameters, refer to Before you start section.

Request parameters#

Parameter Type Mandatory Description
groupId string Yes Group chat Id
participantChatId string Yes Id of a group participant, who you'd like to remove from group administration rights

Request body example#

Removing a participant from group administration rights: 

{
    "groupId": "11001234567-1587570015@g.us",
    "participantChatId": "79001234565@c.us"
}

Response#

Response parameters#

Parameter Type Description
removeAdmin boolean Flag of removing a group participant from administration rights

Response body example#

{
    "removeAdmin": true
}

RemoveAdmin errors#

For a list of errors common to all methods, refer to Common errors section

HTTP code Error iD Description
200 "removeAdmin": false Incorrect groupId
200 "removeAdmin": false The number is not a participant of the group
400 Bad Request
Validation failed		 Validation error

Request examples#

import requests

url = "{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/removeAdmin/{{apiTokenInstance}}"

payload = {(
 "groupId": "11011234567@g.us", 
 "participantChatId":"79001234568@c.us")
}
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

curl --location '{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/removeAdmin/{{apiTokenInstance}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "groupId": "120363043968066561@g.us",
    "participantChatId": "79001234568@c.us"
}'

var restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
var requestUrl = new StringBuilder();
requestUrl
    .append({{apiUrl}})
    .append("/waInstance").append({{idInstance}})
    .append("/removeAdmin/")
    .append({{apiTokenInstance}});

var headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);

var jsonBody = "{\"groupId\": \"111111112222222333333@g.us\",\"participantChatId\": \"12345678910@c.us\"}";

var requestEntity = new HttpEntity<>(jsonBody, headers);

var response = restTemplate.exchange(requestUrl.toString(), HttpMethod.POST, requestEntity, String.class);
System.out.println(response);

var requestUrl = new StringBuilder();
requestUrl
    .append({{apiUrl}})
    .append("/waInstance").append({{idInstance}})
    .append("/removeAdmin/")
    .append({{apiTokenInstance}});

var response = Unirest.post(requestUrl.toString())
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .body("{\"groupId\": \"111111112222222333333@g.us\",\"participantChatId\": \"12345678910@c.us\"}")
    .asString();

System.out.println(response);

Sub RemoveAdmin()
    Dim url As String
    Dim RequestBody As String
    Dim http As Object
    Dim response As String

    ' The apiUrl, idInstance and apiTokenInstance values are available in console, double brackets must be removed
    url = "{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/removeAdmin/{{apiTokenInstance}}"

    ' groupId - group chat identifier, participantChatId - identifier of the group participant whose group administration rights need to be revoked
    RequestBody = "{""groupId"":""120123400367448864@g.us"",""participantChatId"":""70123456789@c.us""}"

    Set http = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")

    With http
        .Open "POST", url, False
        .setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/json"
        .Send RequestBody
    End With

    response = http.responseText

    Debug.Print response

    ' Outputting the answer to the desired cell
    Range("A1").Value = response

    Set http = Nothing
End Sub