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What message types does the WhatsApp API support? And what file size limit?

Posted by | March 14, 2024

What message types does the WhatsApp API support? And what file size limit?

Note: these are subject to change. Always consult on Meta's page for latest limits

The table below shows the different formats and maximum size limit supported by WhatsAble, Notifier and WhatsApp API.

Media Supported Types Size Limit
audio audio/aac, audio/mp4, audio/mpeg, audio/amr, audio/ogg (only opus codecs, base audio/ogg is not supported) 16MB
document text/plain, application/pdf, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/msword, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 100MB
image image/jpeg, image/png
Images must be 8-bit, RGB or RGBA
5MB
video video/mp4, video/3gp
Only H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec is supported.
We support videos with a single audio stream or no audio stream.
16MB
sticker image/webp
Static stickers: 100KB
Animated stickers: 500KB
See Supported Types