> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.periskope.app/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Send Message > Sends a message (text, media and/or poll) to a chat from the phone in the x-phone header. For group chats the header can be omitted — a connected phone that is in the group is selected automatically, within the token's phone scopes. Sending is asynchronous — track the returned unique_id via GET /message/{unique_id}/status. ## OpenAPI ````yaml api-reference/openapi-generated.json POST /v1/message/send openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: Periskope API version: 1.0.0 description: >- Periskope external API. Responses use a flat, unwrapped shape: most endpoints return the resource at the top level, and list endpoints return a wrapper object with pagination inline (e.g. `{ from, to, count, chats: [...] }`). The documented response schemas describe these shapes directly. servers: - url: https://api.periskope.app security: - bearerAuth: [] paths: /v1/message/send: post: tags: - Messages summary: Send a message description: >- Sends a message (text, media and/or poll) to a chat from the phone in the x-phone header. For group chats the header can be omitted — a connected phone that is in the group is selected automatically, within the token's phone scopes. Sending is asynchronous — track the returned unique_id via GET /message/{unique_id}/status. operationId: sendMessage parameters: - schema: type: string example: '919876543210' description: >- Phone to send from: country code + number without symbols or spaces (e.g. 911111111111), or a phone_id (phone-xxxxxxxxxxxx). Required for 1-1 chats. For group chats it can be omitted — a connected phone that is in the group is selected automatically, within the token's phone scopes. required: false description: >- Phone to send from: country code + number without symbols or spaces (e.g. 911111111111), or a phone_id (phone-xxxxxxxxxxxx). Required for 1-1 chats. For group chats it can be omitted — a connected phone that is in the group is selected automatically, within the token's phone scopes. name: x-phone in: header requestBody: content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: chat_id: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- Chat to send the message to. For group chats, the chat_id ending with @g.us; for 1-1 chats, country code + number of the contact, optionally suffixed with @c.us (e.g. 911111111111 or 911111111111@c.us). example: 911111111111@c.us message: type: string description: >- The text body of the message, or the caption when media is provided. Supports the basic WhatsApp markdown formatting (*bold*, _italic_, ~strikethrough~, ```monospace```). example: Hello World media: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - image - video - document - audio - ptt description: >- Kind of media being sent: 'image', 'video', 'document', 'audio', or 'ptt' (push-to-talk voice note). Determines the message_type of the resulting message. example: image url: type: string description: >- Publicly accessible URL that hosts the content to be sent. Provide either url or filedata, not both. example: https://example.com/files/image.png filedata: type: string description: >- Raw bytes of the file, encoded as base64. Alternative to url — provide either url or filedata, not both. example: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAA... mimetype: type: string description: >- MIME type of the media file (e.g. image/png, video/mp4, text/csv). Recommended when sending filedata. example: image/png filename: type: string description: >- Filename of the media, shown in the chat (mainly relevant for document messages). Defaults to the last path segment of url. example: image.png required: - type description: >- Media to send — a document, image, video, audio file or voice note. Provide either a public url or base64 filedata. The message text, when given, becomes the caption. poll: type: object properties: pollName: type: string minLength: 1 description: The question or title of the poll example: Which day suits everyone for the demo? pollOptions: type: array items: type: string minItems: 2 maxItems: 12 description: >- The answer options of the poll — between 2 and 12 entries example: - Monday - Wednesday - Friday options: type: object properties: allowMultipleAnswers: type: boolean description: >- When true, respondents can select multiple options. Defaults to single choice. example: true pollId: type: string description: >- Optional unique identifier of the poll — useful to correlate the same poll sent across multiple chats example: poll-2026-demo-day description: Additional options of the poll required: - pollName - pollOptions description: >- Poll to send instead of a plain message. The resulting message has message_type poll_creation. reply_to: type: string description: >- message_id of an existing message in the chat to reply to. The sent message quotes it. example: >- true_911111111111@c.us_AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA options: type: object properties: hide_url_preview: type: boolean description: >- When true, disables the automatic link preview for URLs contained in the message example: true description: Additional sending options required: - chat_id responses: '200': description: The queued message content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: status: type: string enum: - queued description: >- Always queued — messages are not sent synchronously, they are queued on the phone and submitted in the background unique_id: type: string description: >- Provisional id of the message. Use it with GET /message/{unique_id}/status to track delivery, or with GET /message/{message_id} once processed. The resulting message record carries it as unique_id. example: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA queue_id: type: string description: >- Id of the queue job on the phone. The resulting message record carries it as sent_message_id, and the queue endpoints accept it as queue_id. example: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 queue_position: type: number description: >- Position of the job in the send queue at the moment it was enqueued (0 = next in line) example: 0 track_by: type: object properties: unique_id: type: string description: >- Ready-to-use path for tracking the message by unique_id example: >- GET /messages/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/status description: Convenience pointers for tracking the message examples: default: summary: Response body value: status: queued unique_id: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA queue_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 queue_position: 0 track_by: unique_id: >- GET /messages/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/status '400': description: The phone is off or its server is unreachable content: application/json: examples: error: summary: The phone is off or its server is unreachable value: code: ERROR message: The phone is off or its server is unreachable status: 400 schema: type: object properties: code: type: string example: ERROR message: type: string example: The phone is off or its server is unreachable status: type: integer example: 400 example: code: ERROR message: The phone is off or its server is unreachable status: 400 '401': description: Invalid, expired or missing API token content: application/json: examples: error: summary: Invalid, expired or missing API token value: code: UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR message: Invalid bearer auth token status: 401 schema: type: object properties: code: type: string example: UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR message: type: string example: Invalid bearer auth token status: type: integer example: 401 example: code: UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR message: Invalid bearer auth token status: 401 '404': description: >- x-phone omitted and the group chat was not found on any phone of the org content: application/json: examples: error: summary: >- x-phone omitted and the group chat was not found on any phone of the org value: code: NOT_FOUND_ERROR message: >- x-phone omitted and the group chat was not found on any phone of the org status: 404 schema: type: object properties: code: type: string example: NOT_FOUND_ERROR message: type: string example: >- x-phone omitted and the group chat was not found on any phone of the org status: type: integer example: 404 example: code: NOT_FOUND_ERROR message: >- x-phone omitted and the group chat was not found on any phone of the org status: 404 '422': description: Request validation failed content: application/json: examples: error: summary: Request validation failed value: code: VALIDATION_ERROR message: Request validation failed status: 422 fields: body.chat_id: message: chat_id is required schema: type: object properties: code: type: string example: VALIDATION_ERROR message: type: string example: Request validation failed status: type: integer example: 422 fields: type: object additionalProperties: type: object properties: message: type: string value: {} example: body.chat_id: message: chat_id is required example: code: VALIDATION_ERROR message: Request validation failed status: 422 fields: body.chat_id: message: chat_id is required '429': description: Rate limit exceeded content: application/json: examples: error: summary: Rate limit exceeded value: code: RATE_LIMIT_ERROR message: You can only make 100 requests per second status: 429 schema: type: object properties: code: type: string example: RATE_LIMIT_ERROR message: type: string example: You can only make 100 requests per second status: type: integer example: 429 example: code: RATE_LIMIT_ERROR message: You can only make 100 requests per second status: 429 '500': description: Internal server error content: application/json: examples: error: summary: Internal server error value: code: UNKNOWN_ERROR message: Internal server error status: 500 schema: type: object properties: code: type: string example: UNKNOWN_ERROR message: type: string example: Internal server error status: type: integer example: 500 example: code: UNKNOWN_ERROR message: Internal server error status: 500 security: - bearerAuth: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: typescript label: TypeScript source: |- import { PeriskopeApi } from '@periskope/periskope-client'; const client = new PeriskopeApi({ authToken: 'YOUR_API_KEY', phone: '919876543210', // the phone to act with (x-phone) }); async function main() { const response = await client.messages.sendMessage({ chat_id: '911111111111@c.us', }); console.log(response); } main(); - lang: bash label: cURL source: |- curl -X POST 'https://api.periskope.app/v1/message/send' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \ -H 'x-phone: 919876543210' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{ "chat_id": "911111111111@c.us" }' components: securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Your Periskope API token, sent as `Authorization: Bearer `. 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