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# Send chat presence

> Broadcasts a typing or recording presence indicator to a chat.



## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi.evolution-go.json POST /message/presence
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Evolution GO Layer
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Pilot Status API Layer — Evolution GO. Base URL
    `https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go`. Authenticate with the
    `apikey` header (your Pilot Status `ps_` key) or `Authorization: Bearer`.
    Instance/session endpoints are NOT available through the layer.
servers:
  - url: https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go
security:
  - apiKey: []
tags:
  - name: Call (voice)
  - name: Chat
  - name: Community
  - name: Group
  - name: Label
  - name: Message
  - name: Newsletter / Channels
  - name: Send (load-balanced)
  - name: User / Contacts
paths:
  /message/presence:
    post:
      tags:
        - Message
      summary: Send chat presence
      description: Broadcasts a typing or recording presence indicator to a chat.
      operationId: post__message_presence
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                number:
                  type: string
                  description: Target chat, as a phone in E.164 digits or a JID
                  example: '5511999999999'
                state:
                  type: string
                  description: 'Presence state: `composing` (typing) or `paused`'
                  example: composing
                isAudio:
                  type: boolean
                  description: When true, shows "recording audio" instead of typing
                  example: false
              required:
                - number
                - state
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success — provider-native response body.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Always "success" on HTTP 200.
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      timestamp:
                        type: string
                        description: >-
                          Go time.Time string of when presence was sent. Zero
                          value ("0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC") in the current
                          implementation.
              example:
                message: success
                data:
                  timestamp: 0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
        default:
          description: Error — provider or layer error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: integer
                  error:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                  response:
                    type: object
              example:
                status: 400
                error: Bad Request
                message: Invalid payload
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: apikey
      description: >-
        Your Pilot Status API key (ps_...). Evolution GO also accepts
        `Authorization: Bearer <key>`.

````