Send media
Sends an image, video, document, or audio file by public URL (base64 and multipart file upload are also supported).
curl --request POST \
--url https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance} \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"number": "5511999999999",
"mediatype": "image",
"media": "https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png",
"mimetype": "image/png",
"fileName": "example.png",
"caption": "Check this out",
"delay": 123,
"quoted": {},
"everyOne": true,
"mentioned": [
"<string>"
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance}"
payload = {
"number": "5511999999999",
"mediatype": "image",
"media": "https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png",
"mimetype": "image/png",
"fileName": "example.png",
"caption": "Check this out",
"delay": 123,
"quoted": {},
"everyOne": True,
"mentioned": ["<string>"]
}
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({
number: '5511999999999',
mediatype: 'image',
media: 'https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png',
mimetype: 'image/png',
fileName: 'example.png',
caption: 'Check this out',
delay: 123,
quoted: {},
everyOne: true,
mentioned: ['<string>']
})
};
fetch('https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance}', 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://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance}",
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([
'number' => '5511999999999',
'mediatype' => 'image',
'media' => 'https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png',
'mimetype' => 'image/png',
'fileName' => 'example.png',
'caption' => 'Check this out',
'delay' => 123,
'quoted' => [
],
'everyOne' => true,
'mentioned' => [
'<string>'
]
]),
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://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"number\": \"5511999999999\",\n \"mediatype\": \"image\",\n \"media\": \"https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png\",\n \"mimetype\": \"image/png\",\n \"fileName\": \"example.png\",\n \"caption\": \"Check this out\",\n \"delay\": 123,\n \"quoted\": {},\n \"everyOne\": true,\n \"mentioned\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ]\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://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance}")
.header("apikey", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"number\": \"5511999999999\",\n \"mediatype\": \"image\",\n \"media\": \"https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png\",\n \"mimetype\": \"image/png\",\n \"fileName\": \"example.png\",\n \"caption\": \"Check this out\",\n \"delay\": 123,\n \"quoted\": {},\n \"everyOne\": true,\n \"mentioned\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance}")
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 \"number\": \"5511999999999\",\n \"mediatype\": \"image\",\n \"media\": \"https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png\",\n \"mimetype\": \"image/png\",\n \"fileName\": \"example.png\",\n \"caption\": \"Check this out\",\n \"delay\": 123,\n \"quoted\": {},\n \"everyOne\": true,\n \"mentioned\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"key": {
"remoteJid": "5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net",
"fromMe": true,
"id": "3EB0A1B2C3D4E5F6A7B8C9"
},
"pushName": "Você",
"status": "PENDING",
"message": {
"imageMessage": {
"url": "https://mmg.whatsapp.net/v/t62.7118-24/12345_123456789012345_1234567890123456789_n.enc",
"mimetype": "image/jpeg",
"caption": "Confira nosso novo produto!",
"fileSha256": "V0hBVFNBUFBGSUxFSEFTSDI1NkVYQU1QTEU9",
"fileLength": "84213",
"mediaKey": "TUVESUFLRVlCQVNFNjRFWEFNUExFVkFMVUU9",
"directPath": "/v/t62.7118-24/12345_123456789012345_1234567890123456789_n.enc"
}
},
"contextInfo": null,
"messageType": "imageMessage",
"messageTimestamp": 1720483260,
"instanceId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d",
"source": "web"
}{
"status": 400,
"error": "Bad Request",
"message": "Invalid payload"
}Authorizations
Your Pilot Status API key (ps_...). Evolution GO also accepts Authorization: Bearer <key>.
Path Parameters
The number's display name in the Pilot Status dashboard.
Body
Recipient phone in E.164 without +, or a JID.
"5511999999999"
One of image, document, video, audio.
"image"
Public URL (or base64) of the media file.
"https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png"
MIME type of the media (e.g. image/png).
"image/png"
File name, used for documents.
"example.png"
Caption text shown with the media.
"Check this out"
Delay before sending, in milliseconds.
Message to quote/reply to (key, message).
Mention everyone in the group.
Array of numeric strings to mention.
Response
Success — provider-native response body.
Sent media message (image, video or document). Returns the persisted Baileys messageRaw envelope; the message content key depends on the mediatype.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Sender display name ('Você' for own messages).
ERROR, PENDING, SERVER_ACK, DELIVERY_ACK, READ, PLAYED Media content. One of imageMessage / videoMessage / documentMessage is present according to the sent mediatype.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
e.g. 'imageMessage', 'videoMessage', 'documentMessage'.
Unix timestamp (seconds).
Origin device.
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curl --request POST \
--url https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance} \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"number": "5511999999999",
"mediatype": "image",
"media": "https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png",
"mimetype": "image/png",
"fileName": "example.png",
"caption": "Check this out",
"delay": 123,
"quoted": {},
"everyOne": true,
"mentioned": [
"<string>"
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance}"
payload = {
"number": "5511999999999",
"mediatype": "image",
"media": "https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png",
"mimetype": "image/png",
"fileName": "example.png",
"caption": "Check this out",
"delay": 123,
"quoted": {},
"everyOne": True,
"mentioned": ["<string>"]
}
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({
number: '5511999999999',
mediatype: 'image',
media: 'https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png',
mimetype: 'image/png',
fileName: 'example.png',
caption: 'Check this out',
delay: 123,
quoted: {},
everyOne: true,
mentioned: ['<string>']
})
};
fetch('https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance}', 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://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance}",
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([
'number' => '5511999999999',
'mediatype' => 'image',
'media' => 'https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png',
'mimetype' => 'image/png',
'fileName' => 'example.png',
'caption' => 'Check this out',
'delay' => 123,
'quoted' => [
],
'everyOne' => true,
'mentioned' => [
'<string>'
]
]),
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://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"number\": \"5511999999999\",\n \"mediatype\": \"image\",\n \"media\": \"https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png\",\n \"mimetype\": \"image/png\",\n \"fileName\": \"example.png\",\n \"caption\": \"Check this out\",\n \"delay\": 123,\n \"quoted\": {},\n \"everyOne\": true,\n \"mentioned\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ]\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://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance}")
.header("apikey", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"number\": \"5511999999999\",\n \"mediatype\": \"image\",\n \"media\": \"https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png\",\n \"mimetype\": \"image/png\",\n \"fileName\": \"example.png\",\n \"caption\": \"Check this out\",\n \"delay\": 123,\n \"quoted\": {},\n \"everyOne\": true,\n \"mentioned\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/message/sendMedia/{instance}")
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 \"number\": \"5511999999999\",\n \"mediatype\": \"image\",\n \"media\": \"https://media.pilotstatus.com.br/example.png\",\n \"mimetype\": \"image/png\",\n \"fileName\": \"example.png\",\n \"caption\": \"Check this out\",\n \"delay\": 123,\n \"quoted\": {},\n \"everyOne\": true,\n \"mentioned\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"key": {
"remoteJid": "5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net",
"fromMe": true,
"id": "3EB0A1B2C3D4E5F6A7B8C9"
},
"pushName": "Você",
"status": "PENDING",
"message": {
"imageMessage": {
"url": "https://mmg.whatsapp.net/v/t62.7118-24/12345_123456789012345_1234567890123456789_n.enc",
"mimetype": "image/jpeg",
"caption": "Confira nosso novo produto!",
"fileSha256": "V0hBVFNBUFBGSUxFSEFTSDI1NkVYQU1QTEU9",
"fileLength": "84213",
"mediaKey": "TUVESUFLRVlCQVNFNjRFWEFNUExFVkFMVUU9",
"directPath": "/v/t62.7118-24/12345_123456789012345_1234567890123456789_n.enc"
}
},
"contextInfo": null,
"messageType": "imageMessage",
"messageTimestamp": 1720483260,
"instanceId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d",
"source": "web"
}{
"status": 400,
"error": "Bad Request",
"message": "Invalid payload"
}