Z-API WhatsAppInstall

Summary

Send a video to a WhatsApp contact or group

Inputs

• phone (required) — Recipient phone number (or group ID) in international format, digits only.
• video (required) — Video link or Base64 data (attribute video) to send.
• caption — Optional caption text displayed with the video.
• viewOnce — If true, the video can only be viewed once.
• async — If true, the send request is processed asynchronously.
• videoMessageId — Optional ID of a message to reply to.
• delayMessage — Delay in seconds before sending (1‑15).

Output shape

a single record representing the sent video message

Typically returns the API response object; errors are thrown and not handled.

Examples

Example 1: Send a video file with a caption and view‑once flag

phone: 5511999999999, video: https://example.com/video.mp4, caption: Promo, viewOnce: true

Example 2: Send a Base64 video asynchronously

phone: 5511999999999, video: data:video/mp4;base64,..., async: true

Example 3: Reply to an existing message with a video

phone: 5511999999999, video: https://example.com/video.mp4, videoMessageId: D241XXXX732339502B68

Links

• n8n community nodes installation guide