> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.z-api.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Reply message

> Reply directly to a message in a chat

## Overview

In this topic we'll talk about how to reply to a message directly! When you use the send-text method there is an optional attribute called messageId, this attribute receives the Id of any message. When this attribute is provided, your message will be directly related to the message of the informed Id.

#### Example on WhatsApp

<div style={{ display: "flex", justifyContent: "center" }}>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/z-api-8aa3bb40/c1Sn38QJwMBwsVRm/images/reply-message-eng.jpeg?fit=max&auto=format&n=c1Sn38QJwMBwsVRm&q=85&s=0d032b7eccd2d0e533ed0f9403f81137" width="400" data-path="images/reply-message-eng.jpeg" />
</div>

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## Attributes

### Header

<ParamField path="instanceId" type="string" required>
  Your instance ID. Available in the Z-API panel under **Instances**.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="token" type="string" required>
  Your Z-API instance token.
</ParamField>

### Required

<ParamField body="phone" type="string" required>
  Recipient's phone number (or group ID for group messages) in DDI DDD NUMBER format. E.g.: 551199999999
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="message" type="string" required>
  Text to be sent
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="messageId" type="string" required>
  Original message ID you want to reply to
</ParamField>

### Optional

<ParamField body="delayMessage" type="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
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="privateAnswer" type="boolean">
  For group messages, defines whether the reply will be sent to the group or privately to the sender (cannot be yourself)
</ParamField>

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## Request Body

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"poimandres"}}
{
  "phone": "5511999999999",
  "message": "Welcome to *Z-API*",
  "messageId": "3999984263738042930CD6ECDE9VDWSA"
}
```

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## Response

### 200

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"poimandres"}}
{
  "zaapId": "3999984263738042930CD6ECDE9VDWSA",
  "messageId": "D241XXXX732339502B68",
  "id": "D241XXXX732339502B68"
}
```

### 405

Make sure you are correctly sending the method specification, that is, verify that you sent POST or GET as specified at the beginning of this topic.

### 415

If you receive a 415 error, make sure to add the "Content-Type" header to your request, which in most cases is "application/json".