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Create an upload session

POST/app/uploads

Step 1 of uploading a template sample. Tell WhatsApp the file's size and type; you get back a session id for step 2.

Authorization

apiKey
apikey<token>

Your HostMentor API key, from the dashboard under Messaging → WhatsApp → API keys.

In: header

Query Parameters

file_length*integer

Size of the file in bytes.

file_type*string

The file's type, such as image/jpeg, image/png, video/mp4 or application/pdf.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://wa.hostmentor.com/v3/app/uploads?file_length=164313&file_type=image%2Fjpeg" \  -H "apikey: YOUR_API_KEY"
{  "id": "upload:MTphdHRhY2htZW50OjNlYTE1ZTkzLTZkZDktNGIwOS1iOTM3LWM4YWZmMTRkYTZkMz9maWxlX2xlbmd0aD0xNjQzMTM?sig=ARbUFIDlNcIbRnOalIY"}