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SetGroupAdmin#

Test Postman Apidog

The method sets a group chat participant as an administrator.

Request#

To set a group chat participant as an administrator, you have to execute a request at:

POST 
{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/setGroupAdmin/{{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 set as an administartor

Request body example#

Setting a group chat participants as an administrator: 

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

Response#

Response parameters#

Parameter Type Description
setGroupAdmin boolean Setting a group participant as an administartor flag

Response body example#

{
    "setGroupAdmin": true
}

SetGroupAdmin errors#

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

HTTP code Error iD Description
200 failed to set group admin Incorrect groupId
200 participant not found The number is not a participant of the group
400 Bad Request
Validation failed		 Validation error

Request examples#

import requests

url = "{{apiUrl}}/waInstance{{idInstance}}/setGroupAdmin/{{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}}/setGroupAdmin/{{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("/setGroupAdmin/")
    .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("/setGroupAdmin/")
    .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 SetGroupAdmin()
    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}}/setGroupAdmin/{{apiTokenInstance}}"

    ' groupId - group chat identifier, participantChatId - participantChatId - identifier of the group participant assigned as an administrator
    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