> ## Documentation Index
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# Send buttons with video

> Send a video with quick reply buttons

## Overview

With this method you can send videos with action button options, the button content e.g.: YES / No, can be chosen by the user and will be used as a response to the message sent along with the buttons.

<Warning>
  Button sending is currently available, but there are some decisive factors for it to work. For more details check the [Button Status](/en/tips/button-status) topic.
</Warning>

<Info>
  The **message** attribute cannot be sent empty!
</Info>

#### Example on WhatsApp

<div style={{ display: "flex", justifyContent: "center" }}>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/z-api-8aa3bb40/nNYp_QHy_iUs4_xM/images/send-button-list-video-eng.jpeg?fit=max&auto=format&n=nNYp_QHy_iUs4_xM&q=85&s=867ef213c708763d5d7a101166b10de9" width="400" data-path="images/send-button-list-video-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="buttonList" type="object" required>
  Object with video and button list

  <Expandable title="Properties">
    <ParamField body="video" type="string" required>
      Video URL or Base64
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="buttons" type="array" required>
      Array of buttons

      <Expandable title="Properties">
        <ParamField body="label" type="string" required>
          Button text
        </ParamField>

        <ParamField body="id" type="string">
          Button identifier
        </ParamField>
      </Expandable>
    </ParamField>
  </Expandable>
</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>

***

## Request Body

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"poimandres"}}
{
  "phone": "5511999999999",
  "message": "Is Z-API Good?",
  "buttonList": {
    "video": "https://example.com/video.mp4",
    "buttons": [
      {
        "id": "1",
        "label": "Great"
      },
      {
        "id": "2",
        "label": "Excellent"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

***

## 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".