Wiki WhatsApp Business API Gupshup

How to send a template message with type MEDIA VIDEO

1. Prepare the following text for sending

[template]
[type]video[/type]
[id]Gupshup temp ID[/id]
[video]Video link[/video]
[var]Variable 1[/var]
[var]Variable 2[/var]
[var]Variable 3[/var]
[/template]
Inside the [id][/id] tag, insert your Gupshup temp ID.

Inside the [video][/video] tag, insert a link to the video.

Use the [var][/var] tags to designate as many variables as are created in your template.

2. Where to get Template ID

1. Open the Gupshup dashboard: https://www.gupshup.io/whatsapp/dashboard
2. Click on the name of your Gupshup App to go to settings:
3. Open the list of your approved templates and click on the filter icon:
4. Set in the filter Template Type: Video
5. Click on the icon "i":
6. Copy "Gupshup temp ID":

3. How to get an Video link

Upload your Video in MP4 format to your website hosting service or any other file hosting service that allows a direct link to the hosted file. The link to the file should be something like this: http://any_domain.com/any_video.mp4

4. Example of sending a template message

1. Approved template:
2. Text to send:
[template]
[type]video[/type]
[id]3925cb88-0249-4422-ad1c-d3c01646d9c6[/id]
[video]https://gs-upload.gupshup.io/whatsapp/sample-media/videos/sample01.mp4[/video]
[var]John[/var]
[var]WABA[/var]
[/template]
3. Sending from Bitrix24:
4. The message the customer received:
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