This command is deprecated and will be removed over time.

Use the get-messagemedia method

Working with media files (deprecated)

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.

Request command

To request media, send a POST request to: 

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

Request body object

The request body must contain: 

{
  "WhatsappID": "YOUR_WHATSAPP_ID",
  "mediaKey": "TuM9wXQZBmERUCzwnIZe80GwZ5lPDIDsNE+vewnAxho="
}
  • WhatsappID - WhatsApp identifier in the system
  • mediaKey - media file identifier

Response object

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