Conversations
Disappearing Messages (private chat)
Turns disappearing (self-deleting) messages on or off in a private conversation. Applies to the next messages in the conversation. Duration in seconds, following the WhatsApp standard: 0 turns it off, 86400 = 24 hours, 604800 = 7 days, 7776000 = 90 days.
POST
https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/chat/ephemeralAuthentication with the x-api-key and x-api-secret headers.
Parameters
| Name | Type | In | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
number | text | body | Yes | Contact number (with country code) |
duration | select | body | Yes | Duration before disappearing |
Request example
curl
curl -X POST "https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/chat/ephemeral" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "x-api-secret: YOUR_API_SECRET" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"number":"5511999999999","duration":"0"}'Node.js
const res = await fetch("https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/chat/ephemeral", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"x-api-secret": "YOUR_API_SECRET",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"number": "5511999999999",
"duration": "0"
}),
});
console.log(await res.json());Python
import requests
res = requests.post(
"https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/chat/ephemeral",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY", "x-api-secret": "YOUR_API_SECRET"},
json={"number":"5511999999999","duration":"0"},
)
print(res.json())Response example
JSON
{
"status": "success"
}Values are illustrative; the fields follow the real response format.
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