# WhatsApp Business Cloud API - Groups Query API | Developer Documentation

<div id="bkmrk-whatsapp-business-cl"><div><div>## WhatsApp Business Cloud API - Groups Query API

<div><div><div><span>Copy for LLM</span></div></div><div>[<span>View as Markdown</span>](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/whatsapp-business-cloud-api-groups-query-api-developer-documentation)</div></div></div><div><div>Version</div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span><span>The Groups API gives you simple functions to control groups through their lifecycle.</span></span></div></div><div><div><span><span>When you create a new group, an invite link is created for inviting participants to the group.</span></span></div></div><div><div><span><span>Since you cannot manually add participants to the group, simply send a message with your invite link to WhatsApp users who you would like to join the group.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div>---

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</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div id="bkmrk-authentication"><div id="bkmrk-authentication-1"><div>### Authentication

</div></div></div><div><table><tbody><tr><td><div>**Scheme**</div></td><td><div>**Type**</div></td><td><div>**Location**</div></td></tr><tr><td><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span><span>bearerAuth</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td><td><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span><span>HTTP Bearer</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td><td><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span><span>Header: </span></span>`<span><span>Authorization</span></span>`</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

</div><div>#### Usage Examples

<div><span>bearerAuth:</span><div><div><div><div><div><div><span><span>Include </span></span>`<span><span>Authorization: Bearer your-token-here</span></span>`<span><span> in request headers</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div>#### Global Authentication Requirements

<div><span>All endpoints require:</span><div><div><div><div><div><div><span><span>bearerAuth</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>