# Upload permanent material

Debugging Tools

Interface should be called on the server side, not in the front end (Weixin Mini Program, web pages, APP, etc.) directly called, specific reference interface call guide

Interface name: addMaterial

This interface is used to add permanent materials such as pictures / voice / video.

# 1. How to call

# HTTPS calls

POST https://api.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/material/add_material?access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN&type=TYPE

# Cloud Calls

• Call method: officialAccount.material.addMaterial

• The input and exit parameters are the same as the HTTPS call, which can be called in the cloud call documentation

# Third party invocation

• This interface supports Third Party Platform generation business call.

• The permission set to which this interface belongs is: 11,100

• When a service provider is authorized by one of the permissions set, it can call on behalf of the merchant by using authorizer_access_token , which can be viewed in the third-party call documentation.

# 2. Request parameters

# Query parametersQuery String parameters

# Request BodyRequest Payload

# Body.descriptionObject Payload

Material description information that is required when uploading video material

# 3. Return Parameters

# Response Payload

# 4. Note

1. When the permanent picture material is added, it will be returned to the developer with URL, and the developer can use it within the Tencent domain name (Tencent domain name outside the use, the picture will be blocked).
2. Official Account has an upper limit on the total amount of material stored in Official Account: 100000 for graphic and photo material, and 1,000 for other types.
3. The format size and other requirements of the material are consistent with the official website of the public platform:

• Image: 10M, support bmp / png / jpeg / jpg / gif format
• Voice: 2M, playback length not more than 60s, mp3 / wma / wav / amr format
• Video (video): 10MB, MP4 format supported
• Thumbnail (thumb): 64KB, supports JPG format

4. In the specific content of the image message, the WeChat background filters external image links, and the image URL needs to be obtained through the upload of the image of the image from the interface.
5. interface upload picture upload, do not take up Official Account in the material library of the number of 100000 pictures limit, pictures only support jpg / png format, the size must be less than 1MB.
6. Text messages support the ability to insert links to your own account and other Official Account / Service Account group posts in the body.

# 5. Code examples

# 5.1 New video examples

Example Requests

curl "https://api.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/material/add_material?access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN&type=TYPE" -F media=@media.file -F description='{"title":VIDEO_TITLE, "introduction":INTRODUCTION}'

Return an example

{
  "media_id": "MEDIA_ID_123456",
  "url": ""
}

# 5.2 Examples of new pictures

Example Requests

curl "https://api.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/material/add_material?access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN&type=TYPE" -F media=@media.file

Return an example

{
  "media_id": "MEDIA_ID_654321",
  "url": "https://example.com/image.jpg"
}

# 6. Error code

The following is a list of error codes for this interface, other error codes can refer to General error codes

# 7. Scope of application