How to get the media file url and send it through Twillo chat ?

[arsh-amar]

Following is the code to send media through Twillo

// example for sending media message as FormData // --------------------------------------------- const formData = new FormData(); formData.append('file', $('#formInputFile')[0].files[0]); // get desired channel (for example, with getChannelBySid promise) chatClient.getChannelBySid(channelSid).then(function(channel) { // send media with all FormData parsed atrtibutes channel.sendMessage(formData); });

// example for sending media message as String // ------------------------------------------- // get desired channel (for example, with getChannelBySid promise) chatClient.getChannelBySid(channelSid).then(function(channel) { // send SVG image as string with content type image/svg+xml; charset=utf-8 channel.sendMessage({ contentType: 'image/svg+xml; charset=utf-8', media: '', }); });

// example for sending media message as Buffer // ------------------------------------------- // get desired channel (for example, with getChannelBySid promise) chatClient.getChannelBySid(channelSid).then(function(channel) { // send PNG image as Buffer with content type image/png channel.sendMessage({ contentType: 'image/png', media: fs.readFileSync(pngFile), }); });

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