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Chat App Message Service:ListChatGroup

Last Updated:Jan 28, 2026

Retrieves a list of Instant Messaging (IM) groups.

Operation description

Important The feature to retrieve IM group lists using the API is in closed beta on Meta. Contact your account manager to be added to the allowlist.
  • Before you call this API, ensure that you have created at least one IM group.

  • If you have not created an IM group, you can only create one by calling the AddChatGroup operation.

  • The optional parameters for this operation are used to filter the list of IM groups. If you do not specify these parameters, all IM groups are returned.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

cams:ListChatGroup

list

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

BusinessNumber

string

Yes

The business number.

8613800***

ChannelType

string

No

The channel type. Valid value:

  • WHATSAPP

Note

Only the WhatsApp channel is supported.

WHATSAPP

CustSpaceId

string

Yes

The space ID of the independent software vendor (ISV) sub-customer. This is the channel ID. You can find the channel ID on the Channel Management page.

cams-x***

GroupStatus

string

No

The group status. Valid values:

  • ACTIVE: In use.

  • INACTIVE: Not activated.

  • SUSPENDED: Paused.

  • CREATING: Being created.

  • DELETING: Being deleted.

  • UPDATING: Being updated.

ACTIVE

Subject

string

No

The group title.

test

Page

object

Yes

The paging information.

Size

integer

Yes

The number of entries per page.

20

Index

integer

Yes

The page number.

1

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

AccessDeniedDetail

string

Details about the access denial.

None

Message

string

The message returned. This parameter is returned only when an error occurs.

None

RequestId

string

The request ID.

90E63D28-E31D-1EB2-8939-A94866411B2O

Data

object

The returned data.

Total

integer

The total number of entries.

51

List

array<object>

The list of groups.

object

The group object.

Description

string

The description.

test

BusinessNumber

string

The business number.

8613800**

GroupStatus

string

The group status.

ACTIVE

ProfilePictureFile

string

The group's profile picture.

https://*********/png.jpg

Subject

string

The group title.

This is a test subject

GroupId

string

The group ID.

EA30d***

Code

string

The request status code. Valid values:

  • OK: The request was successful.

  • For other error codes, see Error codes.

OK

Success

boolean

Indicates whether the call was successful. Valid values:

  • true: The call was successful.

  • false: The call failed.

true

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "AccessDeniedDetail": "None",
  "Message": "None",
  "RequestId": "90E63D28-E31D-1EB2-8939-A94866411B2O",
  "Data": {
    "Total": 51,
    "List": [
      {
        "Description": "test",
        "BusinessNumber": "8613800**",
        "InviteLink": "https://chat.whatsapp.com/***",
        "GroupStatus": "ACTIVE",
        "ProfilePictureFile": "https://*********/png.jpg",
        "Subject": "This is a test subject",
        "GroupId": "EA30d***"
      }
    ]
  },
  "Code": "OK",
  "Success": true
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.