---
title: "Send Status"
method: POST
path: "/message/sendStatus/{instance}"
tags: ["Message Controller"]
---

# Send Status

`POST /message/sendStatus/{instance}`

Post WhatsApp status (stories)

## Path parameters

- `instance` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `statusMessage` object, required
    - `type` 'text' | 'image' | 'audio', required — status type
    - `content` string — Text content for type `text` or file URL for type `image` and `audio`
    - `caption` string — Text caption for type `image` status
    - `backgroundColor` string — Background hex color
    - `font` integer — 1 - Serif, 2 - Norican Regular, 3 - Bryndan Write, 4 - BebasNeue Regular, 5 - Oswald Heavy
    - `allContacts` boolean — true to send to all contacts or false to send to statusJidList
    - `statusJidList` string[]

## Response `201`

Created

- object
  - `key` object — The key of the message, which identifies the message in the chat.
    - `remoteJid` string — The remote Jid.
    - `fromMe` boolean — Indicates whether the message was sent by the user.
    - `id` string — The ID of the message.
  - `message` object — The message content, which may include various types of messages like text, images, etc.
    - `extendedTextMessage` object — Details of the extended text message.
      - `text` string — The text content of the message.
      - `backgroundArgb` integer — The background color of the text message, represented as ARGB integer value.
      - `font` string — The font used in the text message.
  - `messageTimestamp` string — The timestamp of the message, represented as a string.
  - `status` string — The status of the message, such as sent, received, or pending.
  - `participant` string — The participant in the chat to whom the message was sent.

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