Newsletters and Channels

Create Channel

Creates a new WhatsApp channel (newsletter).

POSThttps://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/newsletter/create

Authentication with the x-api-key and x-api-secret headers.

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
`name`	text	body	Yes	Name
`description`	textarea	body	No	Description
`picture`	text	body	No	URL, raw base64 or data URI of the channel image.

Request example

curl

curl -X POST "https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/newsletter/create" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-secret: YOUR_API_SECRET" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Canal de Promoções"}'

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/newsletter/create", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-api-secret": "YOUR_API_SECRET",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "name": "Canal de Promoções"
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());

Python

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/newsletter/create",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY", "x-api-secret": "YOUR_API_SECRET"},
    json={"name":"Canal de Promoções"},
)
print(res.json())

Response example

JSON

{
  "id": "123",
  "jid": "120363...@newsletter"
}

Values are illustrative; the fields follow the real response format.

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