> ## 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.

# Send carousel

> Send a carousel message with images, text and action buttons

## Overview

With this method you can send carousel messages with images, text and action buttons. From the action buttons, you can redirect to links, make calls, and also provide standard responses.

#### Example on WhatsApp

<div style={{ display: "flex", justifyContent: "center" }}>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/z-api-8aa3bb40/nNYp_QHy_iUs4_xM/images/send-carousel-eng.jpeg?fit=max&auto=format&n=nNYp_QHy_iUs4_xM&q=85&s=03238f0893d5ec7e30f960e7e0577a32" width="400" data-path="images/send-carousel-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>
  Message text
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="carousel" type="array" required>
  Array of carousel cards

  <Expandable title="Card properties">
    <ParamField body="text" type="string" required>
      Card text
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="image" type="string" required>
      Card image URL
    </ParamField>

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

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

        <ParamField body="label" type="string" required>
          Text displayed on the button
        </ParamField>

        <ParamField body="type" type="string" required>
          Button type: `CALL`, `URL` or `REPLY`
        </ParamField>

        <ParamField body="url" type="string">
          Link URL (for URL type)
        </ParamField>

        <ParamField body="phone" type="string">
          Phone number (for CALL type)
        </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>

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## Request Body

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"poimandres"}}
{
  "phone": "551199999999",
  "message": "Message text",
  "carousel": [
    {
      "text": "Card text",
      "image": "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/zaap-messenger-web.appspot.com/o/logo.png?alt=media",
      "buttons": [
        {
          "id": "1",
          "label": "Button name",
          "url": "https://z-api.io",
          "type": "URL"
        },
        {
          "id": "2",
          "label": "Button name",
          "type": "REPLY"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "text": "Card text",
      "image": "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/zaap-messenger-web.appspot.com/o/logo.png?alt=media",
      "buttons": [
        {
          "id": "1",
          "label": "Button name",
          "url": "https://z-api.io",
          "type": "URL"
        },
        {
          "id": "2",
          "label": "Button name",
          "type": "REPLY"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

***

## 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".