Forward message
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message \
--header 'Client-Token: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"phone": "<string>",
"messageId": "<string>",
"messagePhone": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message"
payload = {
"phone": "<string>",
"messageId": "<string>",
"messagePhone": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Client-Token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Client-Token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({phone: '<string>', messageId: '<string>', messagePhone: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'phone' => '<string>',
'messageId' => '<string>',
'messagePhone' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Client-Token: <api-key>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"phone\": \"<string>\",\n \"messageId\": \"<string>\",\n \"messagePhone\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Client-Token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message")
.header("Client-Token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"phone\": \"<string>\",\n \"messageId\": \"<string>\",\n \"messagePhone\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Client-Token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"phone\": \"<string>\",\n \"messageId\": \"<string>\",\n \"messagePhone\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyMessages
Forward message
Forward a message to a contact or group
POST
/
instances
/
{instanceId}
/
token
/
{token}
/
forward-message
Forward message
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message \
--header 'Client-Token: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"phone": "<string>",
"messageId": "<string>",
"messagePhone": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message"
payload = {
"phone": "<string>",
"messageId": "<string>",
"messagePhone": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Client-Token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Client-Token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({phone: '<string>', messageId: '<string>', messagePhone: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'phone' => '<string>',
'messageId' => '<string>',
'messagePhone' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Client-Token: <api-key>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"phone\": \"<string>\",\n \"messageId\": \"<string>\",\n \"messagePhone\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Client-Token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message")
.header("Client-Token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"phone\": \"<string>\",\n \"messageId\": \"<string>\",\n \"messagePhone\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/forward-message")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Client-Token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"phone\": \"<string>\",\n \"messageId\": \"<string>\",\n \"messagePhone\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyOverview
Simple and straightforward, with this method you can forward messages through the API needing only the messageId of the message you want to forward, and the phone of the chat where that messageId is located.To use this method you need to configure the webhook. If you haven’t configured it yet, the message will not be forwarded.
Example on WhatsApp

Attributes
Header
string
required
Your instance ID. Available in the Z-API panel under Instances.
string
required
Your Z-API instance token.
Required
string
required
Recipient’s phone number (or group ID for group messages) in DDI DDD NUMBER format. E.g.: 551199999999
string
required
ID of the message to be forwarded
string
required
Phone number of the chat where the messageId is located
Optional
number
Delay added to the message. You can choose between a range of 1 to 15 sec, meaning how many seconds it will wait before sending the next message. (E.g.: “delayMessage”: 5). The default delay if not provided is 1 to 3 sec
Request Body
{
"phone": "5511999999999",
"messageId": "3999984263738042930CD6ECDE9VDWSA",
"messagePhone": "5511888888888"
}
Response
200
{
"zaapId": "3999984263738042930CD6ECDE9VDWSA",
"messageId": "D241XXXX732339502B68",
"id": "D241XXXX732339502B68"
}