(Lianja) WhatsApp - Send a Linked Media Message

Demonstrates how to send a media message where the media content is a link to an external URL. This example demonstrates sending an image (JPG) media message.

For more information, see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/api/messages/media

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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl -X POST https://example.com/v1/messages \
//   -H "Authorization: Bearer your-auth-token" \
//   -d '
// {
//     "recipient_type": "individual-or-group",
//     "to": "whatsapp-id-or-group-id",
//     "type": "image",
//     "image": {
//       "link": "http(s)://the-url",
//       "provider": {
//         "name" : "provider-name"
//       },
//     "caption": "your-image-caption"
//   }
// }'

// Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
// Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
// Generate Code to Create JSON

// The following JSON is sent in the request body.

// {
//   "recipient_type": "individual-or-group",
//   "to": "whatsapp-id-or-group-id",
//   "type": "image",
//   "image": {
//     "link": "http(s)://the-url",
//     "provider": {
//       "name": "provider-name"
//     },
//     "caption": "your-image-caption"
//   }
// }

loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateString("recipient_type","individual-or-group")
loJson.UpdateString("to","whatsapp-id-or-group-id")
loJson.UpdateString("type","image")
loJson.UpdateString("image.link","http(s)://the-url")
loJson.UpdateString("image.provider.name","provider-name")
loJson.UpdateString("image.caption","your-image-caption")

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer your-auth-token" header.
loHttp.AuthToken = "your-auth-token"

loResp = loHttp.PostJson3("https://example.com/v1/messages","application/json",loJson)
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loJson
    return
endif

loSbResponseBody = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loResp.GetBodySb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJResp.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp.EmitCompact = .F.

? "Response Body:"
? loJResp.Emit()

lnRespStatusCode = loResp.StatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + str(lnRespStatusCode)
if (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) then
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loResp.Header
    ? "Failed."
    release loResp
    release loHttp
    release loJson
    release loSbResponseBody
    release loJResp
    return
endif

release loResp

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "messages": [
//     {
//       "id": "gBEGkYiEB1VXAglK1ZEqA1YKPrU"
//     }
//   ]
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

i = 0
lnCount_i = loJResp.SizeOfArray("messages")
do while i < lnCount_i
    loJResp.I = i
    lcId = loJResp.StringOf("messages[i].id")
    i = i + 1
enddo


release loHttp
release loJson
release loSbResponseBody
release loJResp