> ## Documentation Index
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# Send contact

> Sends one or more contact cards (vCards).



## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi.evolution-v2.json POST /message/sendContact/{instance}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Evolution V2 Layer
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Pilot Status API Layer — Evolution V2. Base URL
    `https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2`. Authenticate with the
    `apikey` header (your Pilot Status `ps_` key). Instance/session endpoints
    are NOT available through the layer.
servers:
  - url: https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2
security:
  - apiKey: []
tags:
  - name: Call & Business
  - name: Chat
  - name: Group
  - name: Label
  - name: Message
  - name: Profile
  - name: Settings & Proxy
  - name: Storage (S3)
  - name: Template
paths:
  /message/sendContact/{instance}:
    post:
      tags:
        - Message
      summary: Send contact
      description: Sends one or more contact cards (vCards).
      operationId: post__message_sendContact_instance
      parameters:
        - name: instance
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: The number's display name in the Pilot Status dashboard.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                number:
                  type: string
                  description: Recipient phone in E.164 without `+`, or a JID.
                  example: '5511999999999'
                contact:
                  type: array
                  description: Array of contact objects (see fields below).
                  items:
                    type: object
                  example:
                    - fullName: Ismael Nascimento
                      wuid: '5511988888888'
                      phoneNumber: '5511988888888'
                      organization: Pilot Status
                      email: contato@pilotstatus.com.br
                      url: https://pilotstatus.com.br
                contact[].fullName:
                  type: string
                  description: Contact's full name.
                contact[].phoneNumber:
                  type: string
                  description: Contact's phone number.
                contact[].wuid:
                  type: string
                  description: WhatsApp user id (numeric string).
                contact[].organization:
                  type: string
                  description: Contact's organization.
                contact[].email:
                  type: string
                  description: Contact's email address.
                contact[].url:
                  type: string
                  description: Contact's website URL.
              required:
                - number
                - contact
                - contact[].fullName
                - contact[].phoneNumber
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success — provider-native response body.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                description: >-
                  Sent contact card(s). Returns the persisted Baileys messageRaw
                  envelope. A single contact yields contactMessage; multiple
                  contacts yield contactsArrayMessage.
                properties:
                  key:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      remoteJid:
                        type: string
                      fromMe:
                        type: boolean
                      id:
                        type: string
                  pushName:
                    type: string
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - ERROR
                      - PENDING
                      - SERVER_ACK
                      - DELIVERY_ACK
                      - READ
                      - PLAYED
                  message:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      contactMessage:
                        type: object
                        description: Present when a single contact is sent.
                        properties:
                          displayName:
                            type: string
                          vcard:
                            type: string
                            description: vCard 3.0 payload.
                      contactsArrayMessage:
                        type: object
                        description: Present when multiple contacts are sent.
                        properties:
                          displayName:
                            type: string
                          contacts:
                            type: array
                            items:
                              type: object
                              properties:
                                displayName:
                                  type: string
                                vcard:
                                  type: string
                  contextInfo:
                    type:
                      - object
                      - 'null'
                  messageType:
                    type: string
                  messageTimestamp:
                    type: integer
                  instanceId:
                    type: string
                  source:
                    type: string
              example:
                key:
                  remoteJid: 5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net
                  fromMe: true
                  id: 3EB0CONTACT99887766554
                pushName: Você
                status: PENDING
                message:
                  contactMessage:
                    displayName: Maria Silva
                    vcard: |-
                      BEGIN:VCARD
                      VERSION:3.0
                      N:Maria Silva
                      FN:Maria Silva
                      ORG:Pilot Status;
                      item1.TEL;waid=5511988887777:+55 11 98888-7777
                      item1.X-ABLabel:Celular
                      END:VCARD
                contextInfo: null
                messageType: contactMessage
                messageTimestamp: 1720483620
                instanceId: a1b2c3d4-e5f6-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d
                source: web
        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>`.

````