This command lets you retrieve a media file attached to a received message. If a message contains media, the message field “hasMedia” is set to true, and the “mediaKey” field contains the media identifier used by this command.

To request media, send a POST request to:

https://whatsgate.org/api/v1/get-media

The request body must contain:

{
  "WhatsappID": "YOUR_WHATSAPP_ID",
  "mediaKey": "TuM9wXQZBmERUCzwnIZe80GwZ5lPDIDsNE+vewnAxho="
}

• WhatsappID - WhatsApp identifier in the system
• mediaKey - media file identifier

Successful response object

{
  "result": "OK",
  "media": {
    "mimetype": "image/jpeg",
    "filename" : "image.jpg",
    "data": "<base64_encoded_data>"
  }
}

In the response, the “media” field contains a media file object