Send Video Message

In this page we show you how to send a message containing a video.

A video message refers to a video being included in the message.

The video needs to be in mp4 format and the size cannot be above 15MB.

Arguments	Explanations
mediaURL *required	Provides the URL where the file content is hosted or located.
text *required	The text content of the message. Maximum length of 4096 characters.
type *required	Description of media type.

Here's how to create a request for sending a video message to a WhatsApp user using the provided API endpoint.

JSON

{
    "type": "video",
    "text": "Hello!",
    "mediaUrl": "https://videolink.mp4"
}

cURL

curl --location 'channel360.co.za/v1.1/org/{{orgId}}/whatsapp/appuser/{{appUserId}}/reply' \
--data '{
    "type": "video",
    "text": "Hello!",
    "mediaUrl": "https://{{videoLink}}.mp4"
}'

Here is the provided YAML configuration below.

Send video request

API request to send a video

POSThttps://www.channel360.co.za/v1.1/org/{orgId}/whatsapp/appuser/:{appUser}/reply/

Path parameters

orgId*string

appUser*string

Body

application/json

type*string

Example: "video"

mediaUrl*string

Example: "https://videoLink.mp4"

altText*string

Example: "Here is an video attached to the message"

Response

200

Successfully Replied.

Body

application/json

conversationobject

messageobject

Request

JavaScriptCurlPython

const response = await fetch('https://www.channel360.co.za/v1.1/org/{orgId}/whatsapp/appuser/:{appUser}/reply/', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      "type": "video",
      "mediaUrl": "https://videoLink.mp4",
      "altText": "Here is an video attached to the message"
    }),
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

200

{
  "conversation": {
    "_id": "7g5a782574s53d87487537642",
    "appMakerLastRead": "8475635121.871",
    "appUserLastRead": "9593289247.783",
    "unreadCount": "3"
  },
  "message": {
    "_id": "662f89b15833c2b5bc9ae96e",
    "role": "appMaker",
    "authorId": "05thfg521jhf505h",
    "type": "video",
    "avatarUrl": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/00000000000000000000000000000000.png?s=200&d=mm",
    "mediaUrl": "https://videoLink.mp4",
    "mediaSize": "5190",
    "altText": "Here is a video attached to the message",
    "received": "1714391473.791",
    "mediaType": "video",
    "source": {
      "type": "api"
    }
  }
}