> ## Documentation Index
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# Send multiple contacts

> Send multiple contacts to a recipient on WhatsApp

## Overview

Simple and straightforward, this method allows you to send multiple contacts. You don't need to have them in your contacts, just fill in the method attributes with the contact information and send.

#### Example on WhatsApp

<div style={{ display: "flex", justifyContent: "center" }}>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/z-api-8aa3bb40/nNYp_QHy_iUs4_xM/images/send-message-multiple-contacts-eng.jpeg?fit=max&auto=format&n=nNYp_QHy_iUs4_xM&q=85&s=34c2044b57f18ada3623e51610655f42" width="400" data-path="images/send-message-multiple-contacts-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="contacts" type="array" required>
  Array of contacts to be sent

  <Expandable title="Properties">
    <ParamField body="name" type="string" required>
      Contact name
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="phones" type="array" required>
      Array of the contact's phone numbers
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="businessDescription" type="string">
      Brief contact description
    </ParamField>
  </Expandable>
</ParamField>

### Optional

<ParamField body="messageId" type="string">
  Attribute used to reply to a chat message
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="delayMessage" type="number">
  Delay added to the message. You can choose between a range of 1 to 15 sec. 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": "5511999999999",
  "contacts": [
    {
      "name": "Contact name",
      "phones": ["5544999999999", "5544888888888"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Contact name",
      "phones": ["5544999999999"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Contact name",
      "businessDescription": "A company from Grupo Irrah",
      "phones": ["5544999999999"]
    }
  ]
}
```

***

## 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".