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# Contact Message

Contact endpoint, will support sending with vcard format in the future.

## Send Contact Message

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://api.wapim.io/api/v1/whatsapp/message/contact`

#### Headers

| Name                                    | Type | Description        |
| --------------------------------------- | ---- | ------------------ |
| Token<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> |      | YOUR\_WAPIM\_TOKEN |

#### Request Body

| Name                                              | Type   | Description                        |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------- |
| phone\_number<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>   | String | Recipient Phone Number or Group ID |
| contact\_name<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>   | String | Contact name                       |
| reply\_to                                         | String | Message ID To Reply                |
| contact\_number<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | Contact Number                     |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK " %}

```json
{
    "status": true,
    "code": 200,
    "phone_number": "*****",
    "message_id": "3EB05F28F824A6F6D9E9",
    "req_id": "11b80f89-fff7-487c-b33f-047daff89af6"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400: Bad Request " %}

```json
{
    "status": false,
    "code": 400,
    "message": "Bad Request",
    "error": {
        "Send Contact": [
            "Malformed or missing phone id or contact_name!"
        ]
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl
    -X POST https://api.wapim.io/api/v1/whatsapp/message/contact
    -H 'Token: YOUR_WAPIM_TOKEN'
    -d '{"phone_number": "PHONENUMBER_OR_GROUPID", "contact_name": "Twilio", "contact_number": "14155238886"}'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NodeJS" %}

```javascript
const axios = require('axios');

axios
  .post(
    'https://api.wapim.io/api/v1/whatsapp/message/contact',
    {
     phone_number: 'PHONENUMBER_OR_GROUPID',
     contact_name: 'Twilio', 
     contact_number: '14155238886'
    },
    {
     headers: {
      token: 'YOUR_WAPIM_TOKEN',
     }
    }
  )
  .then(response => console.log(response.data))
  .catch(error => console.log(error.response.data))
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}