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Video Messages

Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Video messages display a thumbnail preview of a video image with an optional caption. When the WhatsApp user taps the preview, it loads the video and displays it to the user.

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Sending Video Messages

Use the POST /<WHATSAPP_BUSINESS_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>/messages endpoint to send a video message to a WhatsApp user.

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Request Syntax

POST /&lt;WHATSAPP_BUSINESS_PHONE_NUMBER_ID&gt;/messages

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Post Body

\{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "recipient_type": "individual",
  "to": "{{wa-user-phone-number}}",
  "type": "video",
  "video": {
    "id" : "&lt;MEDIA_ID&gt;", /* Only if using uploaded media */
    "link": "&lt;MEDIA_URL&gt;", /* Only if linking to your media */
    "caption": "&lt;VIDEO_CAPTION_TEXT&gt;"
  }
}

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Post Body Parameters

PlaceholderDescriptionExample Value
&lt;VIDEO_CAPTION_TEXT&gt;
String		Optional.
Video caption text.
Maximum 1024 characters.		A succulent eclipse!
&lt;MEDIA_ID&gt;
String		Required if using an uploaded media asset (recommended).
Uploaded media asset ID.		1166846181421424
&lt;MEDIA_URL&gt;
String		Required if linking to your media asset (not recommended)
URL of video asset on your public server. For better performance, we recommend that you upload your media asset instead.		https://www.luckyshrub.com/assets/lucky-shrub-eclipse-viewing.mp4
&lt;WHATSAPP_USER_PHONE_NUMBER&gt;
String		Required.
WhatsApp user phone number.		+16505551234

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Supported Video Formats

Only H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec supported. Single audio stream or no audio stream only. Note that videos encoded with the H.264 “High” profile and B-frames are not supported by Android WhatsApp clients. We recommend that you use H.264 “Main” profile without B-frames, or the H.264 “Baseline” profile when encoding (or re-encoding with a tool like ffmpeg), and place moov boxes before mdat boxes, for broader compatibility. If you are using ffmpeg, you can use the -movflags faststart flag to place moov boxes before mdata boxes.
Video TypeExtensionMIME TypeMax Size
3GPP.3gpvideo/3gpp16 MB
MP4 Video.mp4video/mp416 MB

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Example Request

Example request to send a video message with a caption to a WhatsApp user. 
curl 'https://graph.facebook.com/v24.0/106540352242922/messages' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer EAAJB...' \
-d '{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "recipient_type": "individual",
  "to": "+16505551234",
  "type": "video",
  "video": {
    "id" : "1166846181421424",
    "caption": "A succulent eclipse!"
  }
}'

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Example Response

\{
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",
  "contacts": [\
    {\
      "input": "+16505551234",\
      "wa_id": "16505551234"\
    }\
  ],
  "messages": [\
    {\
      "id": "wamid.HBgLMTY0NjcwNDM1OTUVAgARGBI1RjQyNUE3NEYxMzAzMzQ5MkEA"\
    }\
  ]
}
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