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WA Media Message

A message containing a media component, such as an image, document, or video. It consist of media_message object.

AttributesDetails
url
required
string
Url to the media file.
captionstring
Caption for the media on supported channels.

Case- Image Message

{
"app_id": "01E9AHW7C686SN0HZ595BH1YYY",
"recipient": {
"identified_by": {
"channel_identities": [
{
"channel": "WHATSAPP",
"identity": "91XXXXXXXXXX"
}
]
}
},
"message": {
"media_message": {
"url": "https://images.indianexpress.com/2023/03/Chaitra-Navratri_1.jpg?w=640"
}
}
}

Case- Video Message

{
"app_id": "01E9AHW7C686SN0HZ595BH1YYY",
"recipient": {
"identified_by": {
"channel_identities": [
{
"channel": "WHATSAPP",
"identity": "91XXXXXXXXXX"
}
]
}
},
"message": {
"media_message": {
"url": "https://sample-videos.com/video123/mp4/720/big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4"
}
}
}

Case- Document Message

{
"app_id": "01E9AHW7C686SN0HZ595BH1YYY",
"recipient": {
"identified_by": {
"channel_identities": [
{
"channel": "WHATSAPP",
"identity": "91XXXXXXXXXX"
}
]
}
},
"message": {
"media_message": {
"url": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf "
}
}
}

Case- Audio Message-

{
"app_id": "01E9AHW7C686SN0HZ595BH1YYY",
"recipient": {
"identified_by": {
"channel_identities": [
{
"channel": "WHATSAPP",
"identity": "91XXXXXXXXXX"
}
]
}
},
"message": {
"media_message": {
"url": "https://sample-videos.com/audio/mp3/crowd-cheering.mp3"
}
}
}