---
title: "Add group participant"
method: POST
path: "/groups/{GroupID}/participants"
tags: ["Groups"]
---

# Add group participant

`POST /groups/{GroupID}/participants`

This method is responsible for adding new members to the group. Due to WhatsApp's anti-spam policy, some contacts are not automatically added to the group. [Read more here](https://support.whapi.cloud/help-desk/groups/add-new-member-to-group)

## Path parameters

- `GroupID` string, required — Group ID

## Request body

- ListParticipantsRequest
  - `participants` ContactID[]

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `success` boolean
  - `failed` ContactID[]
  - `processed` ContactID[]

## Other responses

- `400` — Wrong request parameters
- `401` — Need channel authorization for add participant
- `403` — You do not have permissions for this action
- `404` — Specified group or participant not found
- `409` — Specified participant already in group
- `500` — Internal Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/whapi/apis/whatsapp-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/whapi/apis/whatsapp-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/whapi/whatsapp-api/versions/40ab05abffdb/schema)