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POST
Send document

Overview

Method responsible for sending documents to your contacts, it is simple and straightforward. You can work with documents in 2 ways:
  • By Link: if you have the document hosted somewhere on the internet, just send the link;
  • By Base64: if you want to send the document in Base64 format.

Example on WhatsApp


Attributes

string
required
Your instance ID. Available in the Z-API panel under Instances.
string
required
Your Z-API instance token.

Path

string
required
File extension being sent (e.g.: pdf, xlsx, docx)

Required

string
required
Recipient’s phone number (or group ID for group messages) in DDI DDD NUMBER format. E.g.: 551199999999
string
required
Document link or Base64

Optional

string
Document display name
string
File description
string
Attribute used to reply to a chat message, just add the messageId of the message you want to reply to
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
string
Allows editing the description of a previously sent document through the caption field. Webhook configuration is required before use

Request Body

By link:
By Base64:

Response

200

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”.