Send a media message (image, video, audio, document)

post https://waapi.app/api/v1/instances/{id}/client/action/send-media

Send a media message (image, video, audio, document) to a chat. The chatId format varies depending on the chat type:

Individual chat: {phone_number}@c.us (e.g. 123456789@c.us)
Group chat: {group_id}@g.us (e.g. 123456789-123456789@g.us)
Channel/Newsletter: {channel_id}@newsletter (e.g. 123456789@newsletter)

Supported media types:

Images: jpg, jpeg, png, gif
Videos: mp4, 3gp, mov
Audio: mp3, wav, ogg, m4a
Documents: pdf, doc, docx, txt, xlsx, etc

Response

Language

Credentials

Bearer

JWT


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curl --request POST \
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     --url https://waapi.app/api/v1/instances/id/client/action/send-media \
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     --header 'accept: application/json' \
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     --header 'content-type: application/json'


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{
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  "status": "success",
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  "instanceId": "1",
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  "data": {
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    "_data": {
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      "id": {
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        "fromMe": true,
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        "remote": "123456789@c.us",
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        "id": "3E7NFKFLEOGE1C7586156",
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        "_serialized": "true_123456789@c.us_33E7NFKFLEOGE1C7586156"
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      },
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      "type": "sticker",
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      "t": 1733206483,
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      "ack": 0,
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      "from": "987654321@c.us",
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      "to": "123456789@c.us",
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      "isNewMsg": true,
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      "hasMedia": true,
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      "mediaKey": "aWYTqBE47By5Kwpkoms3FVorhUjPsx5aQoVrGUPKO8Y=",
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      "mimetype": "image/webp"
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    }
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  }
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}

200Returns the sent message object