> ## 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 document

> Send a document to a contact or group on WhatsApp

## 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

<div style={{ display: "flex", justifyContent: "center" }}>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/z-api-8aa3bb40/nNYp_QHy_iUs4_xM/images/send-message-document-eng.jpeg?fit=max&auto=format&n=nNYp_QHy_iUs4_xM&q=85&s=ec6ecc979e4581899f11b3a279151ba5" width="400" data-path="images/send-message-document-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>

### Path

<ParamField path="extension" type="string" required>
  File extension being sent (e.g.: pdf, xlsx, docx)
</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="document" type="string" required>
  Document link or Base64
</ParamField>

### Optional

<ParamField body="fileName" type="string">
  Document display name
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="caption" type="string">
  File description
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="messageId" type="string">
  Attribute used to reply to a chat message, just add the messageId of the message you want to reply to
</ParamField>

<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="editDocumentMessageId" type="string">
  Allows editing the description of a previously sent document through the caption field. Webhook configuration is required before use
</ParamField>

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## Request Body

**By link:**

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"poimandres"}}
{
  "phone": "5511999999999",
  "document": "https://expoforest.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/example.pdf",
  "fileName": "My PDF"
}
```

**By Base64:**

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"poimandres"}}
{
  "phone": "5511999999999",
  "document": "data:application/pdf;base64,JVBERiN0YXJ0eHJlZg0KMjg3NDINCiUlRU9G0xLj...",
  "fileName": "My PDF"
}
```

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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".