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How to send a file by URL#

Installation#

Before adding the green-api package, you need to install composer (php dependency manager).

composer require green-api/whatsapp-api-client-php

Import#

require './vendor/autoload.php';

Examples#

You may see the full example at: sendPictureByLink.php

How to initialize an object#

$greenApi = new GreenApiClient( ID_INSTANCE, API_TOKEN_INSTANCE );

Please note that keys can be obtained from environment variables: 

<?php
require './vendor/autoload.php';

define( "ID_INSTANCE", getenv("ID_INSTANCE" ));
define( "API_TOKEN_INSTANCE", getenv("API_TOKEN_INSTANCE") );

How to send a file by URL#

$result = $greenApi->sending->sendFileByUrl(
        '11001234567@c.us', 'https://www.google.ru/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png',
        'googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png', 'Google logo');

Running index.php#

php -S localhost:8080

The full list of examples#

Description Module
Example of sending text sendTextMessage.php
Example of sending a picture by URL sendPictureByLink.php
Example of sending a picture by uploading from the disk sendPictureByUpload.php
Example of a group creation and sending a message to the group createGroupAndSendMessage.php
Example of incoming webhooks receiving receiveNotification.php