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# Send GIF

> Send a GIF to a contact or group on WhatsApp

## Overview

Method responsible for sending GIFs to your chats through the API.

<Warning>
  The file to be sent must be an **MP4**.
</Warning>

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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="gif" type="string" required>
  GIF file link (the file must be an MP4)
</ParamField>

### Optional

<ParamField body="caption" type="string">
  Message to send along with the GIF
</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>

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## Request Body

**By link:**

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"poimandres"}}
{
  "phone": "5511999999999",
  "gif": "https://example.com/file.mp4",
  "caption": ""
}
```

**By Base64:**

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"poimandres"}}
{
  "phone": "5511999999999",
  "gif": "data:video/mp4;base64,AAYXJ0...",
  "caption": ""
}
```

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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".