---
title: "Get Active Groups"
method: GET
path: "/{Version}/{Phone-Number-ID}/groups"
---

# Get Active Groups

`GET /{Version}/{Phone-Number-ID}/groups`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://graph.facebook.com`
- URL: `https://graph.facebook.com/{Version}/{Phone-Number-ID}/groups`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Retrieve a list of active groups for a given business phone number

## Path parameters

- `Version` string, required
- `Phone-Number-ID` string, required

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer
- `after` string
- `before` string

## Headers

- `User-Agent` string
- `Authorization` string, required
- `Content-Type` 'application/json' | 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' | 'multipart/form-data', required

## Response `200`

List of active groups

- object
  - `data` object
    - `groups` object[]
      - `id` string: Group ID
      - `subject` string: Group subject
      - `created_at` string: Group creation timestamp
  - `paging` PagingInfo
    - `cursors` object
      - `before` string: Before cursor
      - `after` string: After cursor
    - `previous` string: Previous page URL
    - `next` string: Next page URL

## Changes

- **2025-11-07** (v23) `c7148d5e2aef`: 1 breaking
  - added the new path request parameter `Version`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/meta/apis/whatsapp-business-messaging/changes/:Version/:Phone-Number-ID/groups/get.md)

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