WhatsApp API uploadMedia

Upload Media File

Upload local media files to WhatsApp through the API.

• URL: https://api2.nxcloud.com/api/wa/uploadMedia
• Method: POST
• Content-Type: multipart/form-data
• Requires authentication: Yes (Note: The signature algorithm for this interface is hex(md5(headersStr + accessSecretStr)). When calculating the signature, there is no need to concatenate the body parameters.)

Authentication Mechanism

Please refer to the authentication rules at API Interface Calling Convention.

Request Parameters

Header parameters:

Parameter Name	Type	Required	Example	Description
accessKey	String	Yes	fme2na3kdi3ki	User identity identifier
ts	String	Yes	1655710885431	The timestamp (in milliseconds) of the current request. The server allows a maximum time difference of 60 seconds between the client and the server.
bizType	String	Yes	2	WhatsApp business type, fixed value "2"
action	String	Yes	uploadMedia	WhatsApp business operation, fixed value "uploadMedia"
sign	String	Yes	6e9506557d1f289501d333ee2c365826	API input parameter signature, signature algorithm

Body parameters:

Parameter Name	Type	Required	Example	Description
business_phone	String	Yes	86158xxxx1795	Merchant phone number with country code. e.g., 86158xxxx1795
messaging_product	String	Yes	whatsapp	Channel used for sending messages. When sending WhatsApp messages, the value must be "whatsapp".
file	file	Yes	-	Media file
type	String	Yes	Refer to Media File Format Description	Upload type of media file

Request Example

Body (multipart/form-data) parameters:

messaging_product = whatsapp
business_phone = 18506008399
type = image/jpeg
file = 

Response Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Description
code	Integer	Result code
data	JsonObject	Request result
message	String	Description of the request result

• data object parameters:

Parameter Name	Type	Description
id	String	Unique file ID generated by the system

Response Example

Successful Example

{
    "code": 0,
    "data": {
        "id": "a75c6d9b-a7c8-4f41-8f61-94548e92cbee"
    },
    "message": "Request succeeded"
}

Failed Example

{
    "code": -1,
    "message": "Request failed",
    "data": null


}

Response Code Description

code	message	Solution
0	Request succeeded
-1	Request failed	Please contact technical personnel to troubleshoot the issue
1000~100X	Authentication issues	Refer to the API authentication section for details
9000	Parameter exception	Missing parameters, please check the required parameters
9001	System business error	Please contact technical personnel to troubleshoot the issue
9002	Merchant phone number error	Confirm if the merchant number belongs to a WhatsApp number
9006	The WhatsApp number is not bound to any application	Contact the business personnel to handle the application and phone number binding

Media File Format Description

Media Type	Supported Formats	Maximum File Size Limit
image	image/jpeg, image/png * Images must be 8-bit, RGB or RGBA	5MB
audio	audio/aac, audio/mp4, audio/mpeg, audio/amr, audio/ogg (only opus codecs, base audio/ogg is not supported)	16MB
video	video/mp4, video/3gp *only H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec is supported. *support videos with a single audio stream or no audio stream.	16MB
document	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	100MB
sticker	image/webp	100KB