wacli/docs/media.md

media

Read when: downloading media from a synced message.

wacli media downloads media referenced by messages already stored in wacli.db.

Command

wacli media download --chat JID --id MSG_ID [--output PATH]

Notes

• The target message must already be synced.
• Media downloads are capped at 100 MiB.
• --output may be a file path or directory.
• If --output is omitted, media is written under the store media directory.

Examples

wacli media download --chat 1234567890@s.whatsapp.net --id ABC123
wacli media download --chat 1234567890@s.whatsapp.net --id ABC123 --output ./downloads
wacli media download --chat 1234567890@s.whatsapp.net --id ABC123 --output ./photo.jpg