Send Image Message

Send Image Messages

Sends a message with an image attached via a URL.

Send a message that includes an image. Provide the image via a publicly accessible URL in the media_url parameter.

You can optionally include caption text in the message parameter.

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💡 Note: Supported image formats: JPEG, PNG. Maximum file size: 5MB.

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Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
number	string	Yes	Recipient phone number in any format (digits only extracted internally).
message	string	No	Text content of the message. Required for text, buttons, interactive, and optional for others.
message_type	string	Yes	Type of message to send. One of: text, image, video, audio, document, location, buttons, interactive.
media_url	string	Yes	URL of media file (image/video/audio/document) to send, depending on message_type.
file_name	string	No	File name for documents (e.g. document.pdf).
mimetype	string	Yes	MIME type of media, e.g., image/jpeg, video/mp4, audio/mp4, application/pdf.
latitude	number	No	Latitude coordinate for location messages.
longitude	number	No	Longitude coordinate for location messages.
buttons	array	No	Array of button objects for interactive messages. Each button should have buttonId and displayText.
quoted_message_id	string	No	ID of the message to quote (reply to).
quoted_message	string	No	Fallback text content for the quoted message if the original message is not found in the store.

API Endpoint

POST https://app.rapiwa.com/api/send-message

Header

Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer Your_API_Key

Body

{
  "number": "88017XXXXXXXX",
  "message_type": "image",
  "message": "Here is an image for you!",
  "media_url": "https://rapiwa.com/xyz.jpg",
  "mimetype": "image/jpeg"
}

Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "message_type": "image",
  "message_id": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
  "to": "88017XXXXXXXX"
}

💡 Tip: Keep your API Key secure. Never share it publicly.