<a id="media_ref_send_webservice"></a>

# Media reference send

!!! warning
    Not supported by the client yet

## Overview

This web service can be used to send message containing a reference to the uploaded media and also include a small jpeg preview of the media.

!!! note
    This web service handles sending of the message with media reference and preview only. You also need to implement [Media Upload](media_upload.md) web service. To implement receiving of media messages via web services, you will need to implement [Fetch Messages](fetch_messages.md) web service and be sure to include media related fields.

!!! attention
    Media related fields to be specified in [Fetch Messages](fetch_messages.md) web service soon.

## Parameters

Parameter templates for Media Reference Send web service can use any variables from [global](../reporting/intro.md#global-params) and [account](../reporting/intro.md#account-params) scopes. There are also additional, service-specific parameters for this service:

### `sms_to` { .reference-entry }

This parameter will be replaced with the address of desired recipient. It will be a phone number or SIP address where
the message is to be delivered. The exact format of this address can be tweaked using Number Rewriting.
See [Account XML](../account/account.md) for more details.

!!! note
    Acrobits apps support sending messages to multiple recipients. In this case, the web service will be called
    for every recipient separately.

### `description` { .reference-entry }

The optional description of the media to be uploaded. The string will be encoded in UTF-8.

### `preview_width` { .reference-entry }

The width of the preview image in pixels.

### `preview_height` { .reference-entry }

The height of the preview image in pixels.

### `preview_content_type` { .reference-entry }

The content-type of the preview. Always image/jpeg.

### `preview_content` { .reference-entry }

Base64 encoded preview image data.

### `media_url` { .reference-entry }

The URL returned from the media upload web service from where the actual media can be downloaded.

### `media_content_type` { .reference-entry }

The content-type of the media.

!!! note
    We currently upload either image/jpeg or video/mp4.

## Configuration

The following [Account XML](../account/account.md) keys are relevant for Send Message web service configuration:

### `genericMediaRefSendUrl` { .reference-entry }

This webservice follows the successful completion of [Media Upload](media_upload.md). If this web service is not defined the message is delivered as a multipart message via SIP.

```
https://example.com/send_media_message?from=%account[username]%&password=%account[password]%&to=%sms_to%
```

### `genericMediaRefSendMethod` { .reference-entry }

You can use either GET, HEAD, POST or PUT methods. The default is GET if `genericMediaRefSendPostData` is empty and POST if `genericMediaRefSendPostData` is non-empty.

```xml
post
```

### `genericMediaRefSendPostData` { .reference-entry }

If filled in, and the `genericMediaRefSendMethod` is unspecified, the app will use POST request to send the message. If the method is PUT, the app will do the PUT request with this data. If the method is either GET or HEAD, this parameter is not used.

Example (for application/x-www-form-urlencoded):

```
from=%account[username]%&password=%account[password]%&to=%sms_to%&description=%description%&w=%preview_width%&h=%preview_height%&pct=%preview_content_type%&pc=%preview_content%&ct=%media_content_type%&url=%media_url%
```

Example (for application/json):

```json
{   "from"          : "%account[username]%",
    "password"      : "%account[password]%",
    "to"            : "%sms_to%",
    "description"   : "%description%",
    "w"             : "%preview_width%",
    "h"             : "%preview_height%",
    "pct"           : "preview_content_type",
    "pc"            : "preview_content",
    "ct"            : "media_content_type",
    "url"           : "media_url"
}
```

### `genericMediaRefSendContentType` { .reference-entry }

Specifies the value of Content-Type header to be sent in the request. If not specified, the app will default to
`application/x-www-form-urlencoded`

### `genericMediaRefSendCustomHeaders` { .reference-entry }

You can define any custom header you want to send along with the request. If you want to include multiple headers, they need to be newline **\n** separated.

```xml
X-Preview-Width:180
X-Preview-Height:120
```

## Response

The response will be considered successful if the HTTP response code is 2xx.

In case of non-2xx response, the app will check for a "message" field in response body. If present, it will show
this string as error message to the user, otherwise some generic error message is shown.

## Examples

### GET method, XML

request:

```http
GET /send_media_message/?from=johndow&password=12345678&sms_to=%2B15551231234&description=Hello%20World&w=180&h=120&pct=image/jpeg&pc=A64FBB8....7237%3D%3D&ct=video/mp4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.server.com%2Fvideo_1234567890.mp4 HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Connection: close
Cache-Control: max-age=0
User-Agent: CloudSoftphone/1.5.6
```

success response:

```http
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:46:17 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 0
Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
```

error response:

```http
HTTP/1.1 402 Payment Required
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:46:17 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 123
Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/xml

<response><message>Not enough credit</message></response>
```

### POST method, JSON

request:

```http
POST /send_message/ HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Connection: close
Cache-Control: max-age=0
User-Agent: CloudSoftphone/1.5.6
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 183


{
    "from"        : "johndow",
    "password"    : "12345678",
    "sms_to"      : "+1(555)123-1234",
    "description" : "Hello World",
    "w"           : 180,
    "h"           : 120,
    "pct"         : "image/jpeg",
    "pc"          : "A64FBB8....7237%3D%3D=="
    "ct"          : "video/mp4"
    "url"         : "http://media.server.com/video_1234567890.mp4"

}
```

success response:

```http
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:46:17 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 0
Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
```

error response:

```http
HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:46:17 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 123
Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive

{
    "message"        : "Invalid recipient"
}
```