Sending bas64 Media Converts to String on web refresh

[user3470]

Bug description

I'm sending QR Code generated with const QRCode = require("easyqrcodejs-nodejs");

It sends an image but after refresh or app restart the image on web converts to a long string

Reproduction steps

Send Image Reload

Expected behavior

Send a qr code image and when reload remain QR Code

WhatsApp

Account type [Standard / Business]: Standard Device OS [iOS / Android]: Android WhatsApp Web version [run await client.getWWebVersion()]: 2.2142.12 Library

Browser [Chrome / Chromium]: Chrome NodeJS version (node -v): v14.18.0 npm or yarn version (npm -v): yarn 1.22.15 whatsapp-web.js version: "whatsapp-web.js": "github:pedroslopez/whatsapp-web.js#multidevice" Other

Operating system (the one running node) [Linux / MacOS / Windows]: Linux Operating system version (ex. Windows 10): Ubuntu 21

[tinyCoder32]

I can confirm this here too.

[bhavya32]

• same issue on pdfs.

[andremellow]

Hello, I'm having the same issue, do we have any update on this issue? Any workaround?

[tinyCoder32]

Has anybody figure out a fix for this yet?

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[Murilandrade]

Has anybody figure out a fix for this yet?

[Murilandrade]

There is an error in utils, where every message is sent with the type 'chat', just change to :

type: attOptions.__x_type? attOptions.__x_type : 'chat',

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