cURL

curl --location 'https://api.gupshup.io/wa/api/v1/msg' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--header 'apikey: {{APIKEY}}' \
--data-urlencode 'source={{SOURCE}}' \
--data-urlencode 'destination={{DESTINATION}}' \
--data-urlencode 'message={
  "type": "file",
  "url": "https://www.clickdimensions.com/links/TestPDFfile.pdf",
  "filename": "Sample pdf",
  "caption": "sample caption"
}' \
--data-urlencode 'src.name={{APP_NAME}}'

Sample Request

With URL, Without Context

curl --location 'https://api.gupshup.io/wa/api/v1/msg' \
--header 'Cache-Control: no-cache' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--header 'apikey: xvnwgh9vgbbl6gjeezymu5v5iepxq2zt' \
--header 'cache-control: no-cache' \
--data-urlencode 'channel=whatsapp' \
--data-urlencode 'source=918097424541' \
--data-urlencode 'destination=91735824xxxx' \
--data-urlencode 'message={
   "type":"file",
   "url":"https://www.clickdimensions.com/links/TestPDFfile.pdf",
   "filename":"Sample pdf",
   "caption":"sample caption"
}' \
--data-urlencode 'src.name=TedLasso'

With Media ID, Without Context

curl --location 'https://api.gupshup.io/wa/api/v1/msg' \
--header 'Cache-Control: no-cache' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--header 'apikey: xvnwgh9vgbbl6gjeezymu5v5iepxq2zt' \
--header 'cache-control: no-cache' \
--data-urlencode 'channel=whatsapp' \
--data-urlencode 'source=918097424541' \
--data-urlencode 'destination=91735824xxxx' \
--data-urlencode 'message={
   "type":"file",
   "id":"8736363726265261",
   "filename":"Sample pdf",
   "caption":"sample caption"
}' \
--data-urlencode 'src.name=TedLasso'

With Context

curl --location 'https://api.gupshup.io/wa/api/v1/msg' \
--header 'Cache-Control: no-cache' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--header 'apikey: xvnwgh9vgbbl6gjeezymu5v5iepxq2zt' \
--header 'cache-control: no-cache' \
--data-urlencode 'channel=whatsapp' \
--data-urlencode 'source=918097424541' \
--data-urlencode 'destination=91735824xxxx' \
--data-urlencode 'message={
   "context":{
      "msgId":"9c9ee217-db34-47ac-8922-17ee5b69cec3"
   }
   "type":"file",
   "id":"8736363726265261",
   "filename":"Sample pdf",
   "caption":"sample caption"
}' \
--data-urlencode 'src.name=TedLasso'

Request Parameters

Header Parameters

Parameter Name	Location	Type	Description	Required	Example
apikey	Header	string	APIKEY of your Gupshup Account	Yes	61b3021c97214370b341f8baaae0xxxx

Form Parameters

Parameter Name	Location	Type	Description	Required	Example
source	Form	integer	Source Phone Number	Yes	918929874278
destination	Form	integer	Destination Phone Number	Yes	918805162043
src.name	Form	string	App Name	Yes	august18
message	Form	object	Message object (refer to schema)	Yes	Refer to Message schema below

Message Object (Form Parameter)

Property Name	Type	Description	Required	Example
context	object	Message context	No	{ "msgId": "uniqueMsgId" }
type	string	Type of session message	Yes	file
id	string	Media Id	No	MEDIA_ID if URL is not provided
caption	string	Message caption	No	Lorem Ipsum
url	string	URL of the file	No	https://www.clickdimensions.com/links/TestPDFfile.pdf
filename	string	File name	No	sample.pdf

Response Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Description	Example
status	string	Response status	submitted
messageId	string	Unique message ID	183dc8f1-7ecc-4419-895f-04fd0b1bfe07
message	string	Error message	Invalid Destination, Invalid App Details, Authentication Failed, Too Many Requests
status	string	Status of the request	error

Status Codes

Status Code	Description	Response Schema
200	Successful response	{ "status": "submitted", "messageId": "183dc8f1-7ecc-4419-895f-04fd0b1bfe07" }
400	Bad Request	{ "message": "Invalid Destination", "status": "error" } or { "message": "Invalid App Details", "status": "error" }
401	Authentication Failed	{ "message": "Authentication Failed", "status": "error" }
429	Too Many Requests	{ "message": "Too Many Requests", "status": "error" }

200Successful response

400Bad Request

401Authentication Failed

429Too Many Requests