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How to send a file by URL#

Installation#

Do not forget to create a module:

go mod init example

Installation:

go get github.com/green-api/whatsapp-api-client-golang

Import#

import (
    "github.com/green-api/whatsapp-api-client-golang/pkg/api"
)

Examples#

How to initialize an object#

GreenAPI := api.GreenAPI{
    IDInstance:       "1101000001",
    APITokenInstance: "d75b3a66374942c5b3c019c698abc2067e151558acbd412345",
}

Note that keys can be obtained from environment variables:

IDInstance := os.Getenv("ID_INSTANCE")
APITokenInstance := os.Getenv("API_TOKEN_INSTANCE")

How to send a file by URL#

Link to example: sendFileByURL/main.go.

response, _ := GreenAPI.Methods().Sending().SendFileByUrl(map[string]interface{}{
    "chatId":   "11001234567@c.us",
    "urlFile":  "https://go.dev/blog/go-brand/Go-Logo/SVG/Go-Logo_Blue.svg",
    "fileName": "Go-Logo_Blue.svg",
})

Running the application#

go run main.go

List of examples#

Description Link to example
How to create a group createGroup/main.go
How to send a file by uploading from the disk sendFileByUpload/main.go
How to send a file by URL sendFileByURL/main.go
How to send a message sendMessage/main.go
How to receive incoming notifications webhook/main.go