Send video
Messages
Send video
Send a video to a contact or group on WhatsApp
POST
Send video
Overview
Method responsible for sending videos to your chats. You can work with videos in 2 ways:- By Link: if you have the video hosted somewhere on the internet, just send the link;
- By Base64: if you want to send the video in Base64 format.
Example on WhatsApp

Attributes
Header
string
required
Your instance ID. Available in the Z-API panel under Instances.
string
required
Your Z-API instance token.
Required
string
required
Recipient’s phone number (or group ID for group messages) in DDI DDD NUMBER format. E.g.: 551199999999
string
required
Video link or Base64
Optional
string
Message to send along with the video
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
boolean
Whether it will be a view-once message or not
boolean
If enabled, the request will respond immediately with success and the file processing will be done in the background
string
Allows editing the message caption of a previously sent video. It is required to configure the webhook before using this feature.