Send Messages

Send Contact (vCard)

Sends a contact card (vCard) with name and phone.

POSThttps://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/send/contact

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

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
`number`	text	body	Yes	Recipient number
`fullName`	text	body	Yes	Contact's full name
`phoneNumber`	text	body	Yes	Phone numbers (comma-separated)
`organization`	text	body	No	Company / Organization
`email`	text	body	No	Contact's email
`delay`	number	body	No	Delay (ms)
`digitando`	select	body	No	Shows an automatic "typing..." indicator, proportional to the message length, before sending. On by default (humanizes and reduces block risk). Send false to turn it off and reply faster. The response remains synchronous.

Request example

curl

curl -X POST "https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/send/contact" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-secret: YOUR_API_SECRET" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"number":"5511999999999","fullName":"João Silva","phoneNumber":"5511999999999,5511888888888"}'

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/send/contact", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-api-secret": "YOUR_API_SECRET",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "number": "5511999999999",
    "fullName": "João Silva",
    "phoneNumber": "5511999999999,5511888888888"
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());

Python

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/send/contact",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY", "x-api-secret": "YOUR_API_SECRET"},
    json={"number":"5511999999999","fullName":"João Silva","phoneNumber":"5511999999999,5511888888888"},
)
print(res.json())

Response example

JSON

{
  "messageId": "ABCDEF123456",
  "status": "sent"
}

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

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