Creating channels
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter \
--header 'Client-Token: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter"
payload = { "name": "<string>" }
headers = {
"Client-Token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Client-Token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({name: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Client-Token: <api-key>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Client-Token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter")
.header("Client-Token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Client-Token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "<string>"
}Newsletter
Creating channels
Create a new WhatsApp channel
POST
/
instances
/
{instanceId}
/
token
/
{token}
/
create-newsletter
Creating channels
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter \
--header 'Client-Token: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter"
payload = { "name": "<string>" }
headers = {
"Client-Token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Client-Token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({name: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Client-Token: <api-key>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Client-Token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter")
.header("Client-Token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/create-newsletter")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Client-Token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "<string>"
}Overview
This method is responsible for creating a channel.It is not possible to add an image during creation, use the update channel image method afterwards.
Attributes
Header
Your instance ID. Available in the Z-API panel under Instances.
Your Z-API instance token.
Body
Channel name
Channel description
Request Body
{
"name": "Channel name",
"description": "Channel description"
}
Response
201
Created channel ID
{
"id": "999999999999999999@newsletter"
}
The channel ID must always contain the @newsletter suffix, as this is the standard used by WhatsApp.
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”.⌘I