SendFileByUpload#

The method is aimed for sending a file uploaded by form (form-data). The message will be added to the send queue. The rate at which messages are sent from the queue is managed by Message sending delay parameter.

Video, audio and image files available for viewing and listening to are sent as in native-mode WhatsApp. Documents are sent in the same way as in native-mode WhatsApp. Outgoing file type and send method is determined by the file extension. Description is only added to images and video.

The maximum size of outgoing files is 100 MB.

Request#

To send a file, you have to execute a request at:

POST https://api.green-api.com/waInstance{{idInstance}}/SendFileByUpload/{{apiTokenInstance}}

For idInstance and apiTokenInstance request parameters, refer to Before you start section.

Request parameters#

Request body example#

Python request example

import requests

url = "https://api.green-api.com/waInstance{{idInstance}}/sendFileByUpload/{{apiTokenInstance}}"

payload = {'chatId': '11001234567@c.us',
'caption': 'Description'}
files = [
  ('file', ('window.jpg', open('C:/window.jpg','rb'),'image/jpeg'))
]
headers= {}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers = headers, data = payload, files = files)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

Response#

Response parameters#

Response body example#

{
    "idMessage": "3EB0C767D097B7C7C030"
}

SendFileByUpload errors#

For a list of errors common to all methods, refer to Common errors section