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POST
/
whatsapp
/
upload
/
media
Upload Media
curl --request POST \
  --url https://platform.chatsyncs.com/api/v1/whatsapp/upload/media \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form apiToken=API-KEY \
  --form phone_number_id=PHONE-NUMBER-ID \
  --form media_file='@example-file'
import requests

url = "https://platform.chatsyncs.com/api/v1/whatsapp/upload/media"

files = { "media_file": ("example-file", open("example-file", "rb")) }
payload = {
    "apiToken": "API-KEY",
    "phone_number_id": "PHONE-NUMBER-ID"
}

response = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files)

print(response.text)
const form = new FormData();
form.append('apiToken', 'API-KEY');
form.append('phone_number_id', 'PHONE-NUMBER-ID');
form.append('media_file', '<string>');

const options = {method: 'POST'};

options.body = form;

fetch('https://platform.chatsyncs.com/api/v1/whatsapp/upload/media', 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://platform.chatsyncs.com/api/v1/whatsapp/upload/media",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"apiToken\"\r\n\r\nAPI-KEY\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"phone_number_id\"\r\n\r\nPHONE-NUMBER-ID\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"media_file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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://platform.chatsyncs.com/api/v1/whatsapp/upload/media"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"apiToken\"\r\n\r\nAPI-KEY\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"phone_number_id\"\r\n\r\nPHONE-NUMBER-ID\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"media_file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://platform.chatsyncs.com/api/v1/whatsapp/upload/media")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"apiToken\"\r\n\r\nAPI-KEY\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"phone_number_id\"\r\n\r\nPHONE-NUMBER-ID\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"media_file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://platform.chatsyncs.com/api/v1/whatsapp/upload/media")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"apiToken\"\r\n\r\nAPI-KEY\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"phone_number_id\"\r\n\r\nPHONE-NUMBER-ID\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"media_file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{ "status": "1", "media_id": "1739230482390482", "media_type": "image", "message": "Upload successful. Use media_id and media_type with the Send File API." }
Uploads a file and returns a media_id and media_type you can reuse across multiple Send File or Send Interactive Buttons calls, instead of hosting the file at a public URL.
This endpoint requires multipart/form-data — it’s POST-only, unlike most other endpoints in this API.

Body

multipart/form-data
apiToken
string
required

Your ChatSyncs API key (can also be sent as Authorization: Bearer token) -- not a WhatsApp/Meta token.

Example:

"API-KEY"

phone_number_id
string
required

The WhatsApp account's phone number ID. Where to find it.

Example:

"PHONE-NUMBER-ID"

media_file
file
required

The file to upload. The multipart field name must be exactly media_file.

Response

200 - application/json

Standard ChatSyncs response. status is "1" on success and "0" on failure.

status
string

"1" = success, "0" = failure.

message
string

Human-readable result message.