Send Video - Wappfy API

Send a video

curl --request POST \
  --url https://{host}/api/sendVideo \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "session": "session",
  "chatId": "5511999999999@c.us",
  "url": "https://example.com/video.mp4",
  "caption": "Video caption"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://{host}/api/sendVideo"

payload = {
    "session": "session",
    "chatId": "5511999999999@c.us",
    "url": "https://example.com/video.mp4",
    "caption": "Video caption"
}
headers = {
    "apikey": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {apikey: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    session: 'session',
    chatId: '5511999999999@c.us',
    url: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
    caption: 'Video caption'
  })
};

fetch('https://{host}/api/sendVideo', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{host}/api/sendVideo",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'session' => 'session',
    'chatId' => '5511999999999@c.us',
    'url' => 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
    'caption' => 'Video caption'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "apikey: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{host}/api/sendVideo"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"session\": \"session\",\n  \"chatId\": \"5511999999999@c.us\",\n  \"url\": \"https://example.com/video.mp4\",\n  \"caption\": \"Video caption\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("apikey", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{host}/api/sendVideo")
  .header("apikey", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"session\": \"session\",\n  \"chatId\": \"5511999999999@c.us\",\n  \"url\": \"https://example.com/video.mp4\",\n  \"caption\": \"Video caption\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{host}/api/sendVideo")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["apikey"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"session\": \"session\",\n  \"chatId\": \"5511999999999@c.us\",\n  \"url\": \"https://example.com/video.mp4\",\n  \"caption\": \"Video caption\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "success": true,
  "messageId": "3EB0XXXXXX"
}

POST

api

sendVideo

Send a video

curl --request POST \
  --url https://{host}/api/sendVideo \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "session": "session",
  "chatId": "5511999999999@c.us",
  "url": "https://example.com/video.mp4",
  "caption": "Video caption"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://{host}/api/sendVideo"

payload = {
    "session": "session",
    "chatId": "5511999999999@c.us",
    "url": "https://example.com/video.mp4",
    "caption": "Video caption"
}
headers = {
    "apikey": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {apikey: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    session: 'session',
    chatId: '5511999999999@c.us',
    url: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
    caption: 'Video caption'
  })
};

fetch('https://{host}/api/sendVideo', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{host}/api/sendVideo",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'session' => 'session',
    'chatId' => '5511999999999@c.us',
    'url' => 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
    'caption' => 'Video caption'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "apikey: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{host}/api/sendVideo"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"session\": \"session\",\n  \"chatId\": \"5511999999999@c.us\",\n  \"url\": \"https://example.com/video.mp4\",\n  \"caption\": \"Video caption\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("apikey", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{host}/api/sendVideo")
  .header("apikey", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"session\": \"session\",\n  \"chatId\": \"5511999999999@c.us\",\n  \"url\": \"https://example.com/video.mp4\",\n  \"caption\": \"Video caption\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{host}/api/sendVideo")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["apikey"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"session\": \"session\",\n  \"chatId\": \"5511999999999@c.us\",\n  \"url\": \"https://example.com/video.mp4\",\n  \"caption\": \"Video caption\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "success": true,
  "messageId": "3EB0XXXXXX"
}

Description

This endpoint allows you to send videos to individual contacts or groups on WhatsApp. The video must be sent in base64 format. Optionally, you can add a caption to the video.

Body

{
  "sessionId": "my-session",
  "jid": "5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net",
  "video": {
    "content": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAA...",
    "mimetype": "image/png",
    "filename": "Meu Group"
  },
  "caption": "Video caption"
}

Body Parameters

Property	Type	Required	Description
`sessionId`	`string`	✅ Yes	Authenticated session ID that will send the video
`jid`	`string`	✅ Yes	Recipient identifier (WhatsApp JID). Format: `5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net` for contacts or `120363XXXXX@g.us` for groups
`video`	`object`	✅ Yes	Object containing the video data
`video.content`	`string`	✅ Yes	Video content encoded in base64
`video.mimetype`	`string`	❌ No	Video MIME type (e.g., `video/mp4`, `video/avi`). If not specified, will be detected automatically
`video.filename`	`string`	❌ No	Video file name
`caption`	`string`	❌ No	Caption/text accompanying the video

{
  "success": true,
  "messageId": "3EB0XXXXXX"
}

Status Codes

200 - Video sent successfully
400 - Invalid parameters or video corrupted
401 - Unauthorized session
404 - Session not found
413 - Video too large

Usage Example

curl -X POST https://api.wappfy.com.br/api/sendVideo \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "sessionId": "my-session",
    "jid": "5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net",
    "video": {
      "content": "AAAAIGZ0eXBpc29tAAACAGlzb21pc28yYXZjMW1wNDEAAA...",
      "mimetype": "video/mp4",
      "filename": "video.mp4"
    },
    "caption": "Check out this video!"
  }'

// Read file and convert to base64
const fs = require('fs');
const videoBuffer = fs.readFileSync('video.mp4');
const base64Video = videoBuffer.toString('base64');

const response = await fetch('https://api.wappfy.com.br/api/sendVideo', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    sessionId: 'my-session',
    jid: '5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net',
    video: {
      content: base64Video,
      mimetype: 'video/mp4',
      filename: 'video.mp4'
    },
    caption: 'Confira esse video!'
  })
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests
import base64

# Read file and convert to base64
with open('video.mp4', 'rb') as video_file:
    base64_video = base64.b64encode(video_file.read()).decode('utf-8')

response = requests.post(
    'https://api.wappfy.com.br/api/sendVideo',
    json={
        'sessionId': 'my-session',
        'jid': '5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net',
        'video': {
            'content': base64_video,
            'mimetype': 'video/mp4',
            'filename': 'video.mp4'
        },
        'caption': 'Confira esse video!'
    }
)
data = response.json()
print(data)

Authorizations

apikey

string

header

required

Your Wappfy API key (get it at dash.wappfy.com.br)

Body

application/json

chatId

string

required

Chat ID (WhatsApp JID)

Example:

"5511999999999@c.us"

file

object

required

Video file (remote URL or base64 data)

Option 1
Option 2

Show child attributes

session

string

required

Session name (instanceName)

Example:

"my-session"

reply_to

string

Message ID you want to reply to

Example:

null

asNote

boolean

Send as video note

Example:

false

caption

string

default:Check out this video!

Caption/text that accompanies the video

Response

201 - undefined

Send Image Send Voice Audio

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Authorizations

Body

Response

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Body

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