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WhatsApp.messages.image()

Send an existing self-hosted or Meta hosted image. Image must be of format:

  • PNG
  • JPG

Example:​

Send a Meta-hosted message and then send an externally hosted image to the phone number 12345678901.

import WhatsApp from 'whatsapp';

const senderNumber = 12345678901234567890;
const wa = new WhatsApp( senderNumber );

const meta_hosted_image =
{
    "id" : "123456abcde",
    "caption" : "My image"
};

const self_hosted_image =
{
    "link" : new URL( "https://example.com/example.png" ).href,
    "caption" : "My image"
};

await wa.messages.image( meta_hosted_image, 12345678901 );
wa.messages.image( self_hosted_image, 12345678901 );

Arguments​

  1. body : ImageMediaObject — the object describing the image to send.
  2. recipient : number — the recipient's phone number with country code.
  3. replyMessageId : string (optional) — the received WhatsApp message Id to reply back to.

Returns​

Promise — Server response object on success.