# Can we please have an API call to post a group message **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [August 22, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/can-we-please-have-an-api-call-to-post-a-group-message/1663 "2018-08-22T22:07:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_Williamson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Paul\_Williamson](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Paul_Williamson)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/can-we-please-have-an-api-call-to-post-a-group-message/1663/1 "2018-08-22T22:07:45Z")
Can we please have this.    Our use case is that we use Zoom for chatting all the time.   We would like to be able to generate messages to alert people to events: 1. Server faults 2. Support requests           ---
**Author:** ![michael\_p.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/michael_p.zoom/32/18105_2.png) [@michael\_p.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/michael_p.zoom)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/can-we-please-have-an-api-call-to-post-a-group-message/1663/2 "2018-08-22T22:13:55Z")
Hi Paul,  We have our Chat bot API to send messages to groups. You can find out more information about how to setup a chat bot here - [https://devdocs.zoom.us/docs/chat-bot-api. ](https://devdocs.zoom.us/docs/chat-bot-api.%C2%A0) Thanks ---
**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/can-we-please-have-an-api-call-to-post-a-group-message/1663/3 "2020-08-21T17:53:53Z")
Closed on August 21, 2020, 5:53pm UTC