How to send a file by URL#

Installation#

npm i @green-api/whatsapp-api-client

Import#

There are several ways how to import the library to a project Using stansard javascript

const whatsAppClient = require("@green-api/whatsapp-api-client");

Using ES6 javascript

import whatsAppClient from "@green-api/whatsapp-api-client";

Using typescript

import * as whatsAppClient from "@green-api/whatsapp-api-client";

How to initialize an object#

Store your authorization data separate from the code. The library allows you to create a file with an arbitrary name and location in the following format:

API_TOKEN_INSTANCE = "MY_API_TOKEN_INSTANCE"
ID_INSTANCE = "MY_ID_INSTANCE"

You can pass the keys using the below example:

const restAPI = whatsAppClient.restAPI(({
    credentialsPath: "examples\\credentials"
}))

Examples#

You may see the full example at: SendWhatsAppFileUrl.js

How to send a file by URL#

import whatsAppClient from '@green-api/whatsapp-api-client'

(async () => {
    const restAPI = whatsAppClient.restAPI(({
        idInstance: YOUR_ID_INSTANCE,
        apiTokenInstance: YOUR_API_TOKEN_INSTANCE
    }))
    const response = await restAPI.file.sendFileByUrl("79999999999@c.us", null, 'https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-pdb/477388/77f64197-87d2-42cf-9305-14f49c65f1da/s375', 'horse.png', 'horse');
})();

The full list of examples#

Description	Module
Example of sending text using Async	SendWhatsAppMessageAsync.js
Example of sending text using Callback	SendWhatsAppMessageCallback.js
Example of sending a picture by URL	SendWhatsAppFileUrl.js
Example of sending a picture by uploading from the disk	SendWhatsAppFileUpload.js
Example of receiving an incoming notification with the receiveNotification method	ReceiveNotifications.js
Example of receiving incoming notifications via webhook service REST API	StartReceivingNotifications.js
Example of receiving incoming notifications to a server	ReceiveWebhook.js
Example of getting a QR code via HTTP	getQRCode.js
Example of getting a QR code via websocket	getQRCodeWebsocket.js