# Introduction

Thanks to our API, you will be able to send a WhatsApp message to any number, group and channels (if you have the permissions to do so)

To send a message of any type, you need a **chat ID**. You can read more about Chat IDs here:

{% embed url="<https://support.whapi.cloud/help-desk/other/chat-id.-what-is-it-and-how-to-get-it>" %}
To send a text message to a private or group chat, you will need a chat ID
{% endembed %}

All these IDs are returned by the Get [chats](https://whapi.readme.io/reference/getchats)/[groups](https://whapi.readme.io/reference/getgroups)/[newsletters](https://whapi.readme.io/reference/getnewsletters) methods, which you will learn about in the respective sections.

Speaking of identifiers, we highly recommend storing a `Message ID` in your application that will be returned by our response, as shown below. If there is a need to reply, mark or even delete a message, you will need to provide the `Message ID` as an attribute in the method.

{% hint style="info" %}
If you need to format your text, you can use our tips to make your posts more elegant: [WhatsApp Text Formatting](/help-desk/faq/whatsapp-text-formatting.md)
{% endhint %}

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### Send Text Message

{% embed url="<https://whapi.readme.io/reference/sendmessagetext>" %}

### Send Media Message

Additional endpoint for easy send media-file as message. Use request body as file and inpath parameters for send parameters. Media message can be one of the following types:

{% embed url="<https://whapi.readme.io/reference/sendmediamessage>" %}

### Send Image <a href="#send-image" id="send-image"></a>

{% embed url="<https://whapi.readme.io/reference/sendmessageimage>" %}

### Send Document <a href="#send-document" id="send-document"></a>

{% embed url="<https://whapi.readme.io/reference/sendmessagedocument>" %}

### Send Audio <a href="#send-audio" id="send-audio"></a>

{% embed url="<https://whapi.readme.io/reference/sendmessageaudio>" %}

### Send Voice <a href="#send-voice" id="send-voice"></a>

You can Send a ppt audio recording to the phone number or group, But WhatsApp is sensitive to this extension, you need to be in OGG format and the **codecs** should be the **opus**, For more information, you can check out this [article](/help-desk/sending/overview-of-other-methods-for-sending/send-voice-message.md).

{% embed url="<https://whapi.readme.io/reference/sendmessagevoice>" %}

### Send Video <a href="#send-video" id="send-video"></a>

{% embed url="<https://whapi.readme.io/reference/sendmessagevideo>" %}

### Send GIF

{% embed url="<https://whapi.readme.io/reference/sendmessagegif>" %}

### Send Contact <a href="#send-contact" id="send-contact"></a>

{% embed url="<https://whapi.readme.io/reference/sendmessagecontact>" %}

### Send Contact List

{% embed url="<https://whapi.readme.io/reference/sendmessagecontactlist>" %}

### Send Location <a href="#send-location" id="send-location"></a>

{% embed url="<https://whapi.readme.io/reference/sendmessagelocation>" %}

### Send Sticker

{% embed url="<https://whapi.readme.io/reference/sendmessagesticker>" %}


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