Create Group

This command can be used to create a group within your Textlocal account.

Resource URL

https://api.textlocal.in/create_group/

Sample Request

<?php
	// Account details
	$apiKey = urlencode('Your apiKey');
	
	// Group details
	$name = 'Your New Group Name';

	// Prepare data for POST request
	$data = array('apikey' => $apiKey, 'name' => $name);
 
	// Send the POST request with cURL
	$ch = curl_init('https://api.textlocal.in/create_group/');
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
	$response = curl_exec($ch);
	curl_close($ch);
	
	// Process your response here
	echo $response;
?>

<?php
	// Account details
	$apiKey = urlencode('Your apiKey');
	
	// Group details
	$name = urlencode('Your New Group Name');

	// Prepare data for POST request
	$data = 'apikey=' . $apiKey . '&name=' . $name;
 
	// Send the GET request with cURL
	$ch = curl_init('https://api.textlocal.in/create_group/?' . $data);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
	$response = curl_exec($ch);
	curl_close($ch);
	
	// Process your response here
	echo $response;
?>

<?php
	require('Textlocal.class.php');

	$Textlocal = new Textlocal(false, false, 'your apiKey');
	
	$name = 'Staff';
	
	$response = $Textlocal->createGroup($name);
	print_r($response);
?>

Parameters

name	Name of the new group.
Login Parameters (Additional Information)
apiKey	You can create these in your Messenger Control Panel (click here) for each application, and limit the usage of them by host IP Address.

Sample Response

{
	"group":{
		"id":123456,
		"name":"Your New Group Name"
	},
	"status":"success"
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<response>
	<group>
		<id>123456</id>
		<name>Your New Group Name</name>
	</group>
	<status>success</status>
</response>

Errors

Error Codes
12	No group name specified.
13	Group name is too long.
14	Group already exists.