Use this guide when you need to create groups, inspect group metadata, leave groups, or move into the advanced group and community helper modules.
Quick start
Create a group from the top-level facade.
{:ok, group} =
BaileysEx.group_create(connection, "Launch Team", [
"15551234567@s.whatsapp.net",
"15557654321@s.whatsapp.net"
])Options
The facade methods are intentionally small:
BaileysEx.group_create/4accepts a subject, participant JIDs, and optional builder/query optionsBaileysEx.group_metadata/3fetches the current group snapshotBaileysEx.group_leave/2leaves a group immediately
→ See BaileysEx.Feature.Group and BaileysEx.Feature.Community for the complete advanced API surface.
Common patterns
Fetch group metadata
{:ok, metadata} = BaileysEx.group_metadata(connection, "120363001234567890@g.us")Leave a group
:ok = BaileysEx.group_leave(connection, "120363001234567890@g.us")Create or inspect a community
{:ok, community} = BaileysEx.community_create(connection, "Support Hub", "Company-wide support")
{:ok, metadata} = BaileysEx.community_metadata(connection, community.id)Use advanced participant and invite helpers
When you need participant management, invite codes, subgroup links, or join-approval flows, call the public feature modules directly with the queryable socket:
{:ok, queryable} = BaileysEx.queryable(connection)
{:ok, invite_code} = BaileysEx.Feature.Group.invite_code(queryable, "120363001234567890@g.us")Limitations
- The top-level facade covers the common group lifecycle only. Advanced group and community operations live in
BaileysEx.Feature.GroupandBaileysEx.Feature.Community. - All participant and community APIs expect full WhatsApp JIDs.
- Group and community changes emit runtime events only if you keep the connection event subscriptions active.
See also:
- Advanced Features — newsletters, business helpers, communities, app state sync, and WAM
- Event and Subscription Patterns
- Troubleshooting: Connection Issues