---
title: "Send a text message"
method: POST
path: "/instance/{instance}/message/text"
tags: ["Message"]
---

# Send a text message

`POST /instance/{instance}/message/text`

Sends a text message to a WhatsApp number via the specified instance

## Path parameters

- `instance` string, required

## Request body

- DtoSendTextRequest
  - `delay` integer
  - `linkPreview` boolean
  - `mentioned` string[]
  - `mentionsEveryOne` boolean
  - `number` string, required — JID
  - `quoted` DtoMessageRequestQuoted
    - `key` DtoQuotedKey
      - `id` string
    - `message` DtoQuotedMessage
      - `conversation` string
  - `text` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- DtoSendTextResponse
  - `contextInfo` DtoSendTextResponseContextInfo
    - `participant` string
    - `quotedMessage` DtoContextInfoQuotedMessage
      - `conversation` string
    - `stanzaId` string
  - `instanceId` string
  - `key` DtoMessageResponseKey
    - `fromMe` boolean
    - `id` string
    - `remoteJid` string
  - `message` DtoSendTextResponseMessage
    - `conversation` string
  - `messageTimestamp` integer
  - `messageType` string
  - `pushName` string
  - `source` string
  - `status` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity
- `500` — Internal Server Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/verbeux-ai/apis/whatsmiau-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/verbeux-ai/apis/whatsmiau-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/verbeux-ai/whatsmiau-api/versions/5af3cb49985a/schema)