WhatsApp Send Files

All API calls must be authenticated with an Acccess Token.  Developers can authenticate their API calls with the access token generated in App Dashboard > WhatsApp > Getting Started

 

The API calls return the Message Id as a string.

 

When you send a File using the WhatsApp API, first the message is uploaded to WhatsApp servers and then a new message is sent with the object id returned after upload the file.

Image Messages

Call the method SendMessageImage and pass the following parameters:

 

• aTo: phone number
• aFileName: full filename (with path) of the image file to send.
• aFileType: 
  • image/jpeg
  • image/png
• aCaption: title of the image (optional).

oClient := TsgcWhatsApp_Client.Create(nil);
oClient.WhatsappOptions.PhoneNumberId := '107809351952205';
oClient.WhatsappOptions.Token := 'EAAO4OpgZAs98BAGj3nCFGr...ZB2t8mmLB2LRXJkte2Y5PMNh2';
oClient.SendFileImage('34605889421', 'c:\images\image.png', 'image/png');

 

 

Document Messages

Call the method SendMessageDocument and pass the following parameters:

 

• aTo: phone number
• aFileName: full filename (with path) of the document file to send.
• aFileType: 
  • text/plain
  • application/pdf
  • application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
  • application/msword
  • application/vnd.ms-excel
  • application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
  • application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
  • application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
• aCaption: title of the document (optional).

 

oClient := TsgcWhatsApp_Client.Create(nil);
oClient.WhatsappOptions.PhoneNumberId := '107809351952205';
oClient.WhatsappOptions.Token := 'EAAO4OpgZAs98BAGj3nCFGr...ZB2t8mmLB2LRXJkte2Y5PMNh2';
oClient.SendFileDocument('34605889421', 'c:\MyDocuments\invoice.pdf', 'application/pdf');

 

Audio Messages

Call the method SendMessageAudio and pass the following parameters:

 

• aTo: phone number
• aFileName: full filename (with path) of the audio file to send.
• aFileType: 
  • audio/aac
  • audio/mp4
  • audio/mpeg
  • audio/amr
  • audio/ogg

 

oClient := TsgcWhatsApp_Client.Create(nil);
oClient.WhatsappOptions.PhoneNumberId := '107809351952205';
oClient.WhatsappOptions.Token := 'EAAO4OpgZAs98BAGj3nCFGr...ZB2t8mmLB2LRXJkte2Y5PMNh2';
oClient.SendFileAudio('34605889421', 'c:\Music\audio.mp3', 'audio/mp4');

 

Video Messages

Call the method SendMessageVideo and pass the following parameters:

 

• aTo: phone number
• aFileName: full filename (with path) of the video file to send.
• aFileType: 
  • video/mp4
  • video/3gp

 

oClient := TsgcWhatsApp_Client.Create(nil);
oClient.WhatsappOptions.PhoneNumberId := '107809351952205';
oClient.WhatsappOptions.Token := 'EAAO4OpgZAs98BAGj3nCFGr...ZB2t8mmLB2LRXJkte2Y5PMNh2';
oClient.SendFileVideo('34605889421', 'c:\Videos\video.mp4', 'video/mp4');

 

Sticker Messages

Call the method SendMessageSticker and pass the following parameters:

 

• aTo: phone number
• aFileName: full filename (with path) of the sticker file to send.
• aFileType: 
  • image/webp

 

oClient := TsgcWhatsApp_Client.Create(nil);
oClient.WhatsappOptions.PhoneNumberId := '107809351952205';
oClient.WhatsappOptions.Token := 'EAAO4OpgZAs98BAGj3nCFGr...ZB2t8mmLB2LRXJkte2Y5PMNh2';
oClient.SendFileSticker('34605889421', 'c:\Stickers\MySicker.webp', 'image/webp');