diff --git a/src/cheogram/java/com/cheogram/android/WebxdcPage.java b/src/cheogram/java/com/cheogram/android/WebxdcPage.java
index 292420782ea092062cfb6bc2ff8c054cd1ac9fa8..88808523c83fd1bfbaa05c6ac286264ddf38ab98 100644
--- a/src/cheogram/java/com/cheogram/android/WebxdcPage.java
+++ b/src/cheogram/java/com/cheogram/android/WebxdcPage.java
@@ -421,5 +421,36 @@ public class WebxdcPage implements ConversationPage {
 			builder.append("]");
 			return builder.toString();
 		}
+
+		@JavascriptInterface
+		public String sendToChat(String message) {
+			try {
+				JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(message);
+
+				String text = null;
+				String data = null;
+				String name = null;
+				if (jsonObject.has("base64")) {
+						data = jsonObject.getString("base64");
+				}
+				if (jsonObject.has("name")) {
+						name = jsonObject.getString("name");
+				}
+				if (jsonObject.has("text")) {
+						text = jsonObject.getString("text");
+				}
+
+				Intent intent = new Intent(xmppConnectionService, ConversationsActivity.class);
+				intent.setAction(ConversationsActivity.ACTION_VIEW_CONVERSATION);
+				intent.putExtra(ConversationsActivity.EXTRA_CONVERSATION, ((Conversation) source.getConversation()).getUuid());
+				if (text != null) intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, text);
+				if (data != null) intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("data:application/octet-stream;base64," + data));
+				activity.get().startActivity(intent);
+				return null;
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+				return e.toString();
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/cheogram/res/raw/webxdc.js b/src/cheogram/res/raw/webxdc.js
index 9277a263378f38285d7136e6ec848e5c9992cfd7..31404e1ae71491ab7587cc579f77dbffefa98582 100644
--- a/src/cheogram/res/raw/webxdc.js
+++ b/src/cheogram/res/raw/webxdc.js
@@ -57,5 +57,61 @@ window.webxdc = (() => {
 			element.click();
 			return promise;
 		},
+
+		sendToChat: async (message) => {
+			const data = {};
+			if (!message.file && !message.text) {
+				return Promise.reject("sendToChat() error: file or text missing");
+			}
+			const blobToBase64 = (file) => {
+				const dataStart = ";base64,";
+				return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+					const reader = new FileReader();
+					reader.readAsDataURL(file);
+					reader.onload = () => {
+						let data = reader.result;
+						resolve(data.slice(data.indexOf(dataStart) + dataStart.length));
+					};
+					reader.onerror = () => reject(reader.error);
+				});
+			};
+			if (message.text) {
+				data.text = message.text;
+			}
+
+			if (message.file) {
+				let base64content;
+				if (!message.file.name) {
+					return Promise.reject("sendToChat() error: file name missing");
+				}
+				if (
+					Object.keys(message.file).filter((key) =>
+						["blob", "base64", "plainText"].includes(key)
+					).length > 1
+				) {
+					return Promise.reject("sendToChat() error: only one of blob, base64 or plainText allowed");
+				}
+
+				if (message.file.blob instanceof Blob) {
+					base64content = await blobToBase64(message.file.blob);
+				} else if (typeof message.file.base64 === "string") {
+					base64content = message.file.base64;
+				} else if (typeof message.file.plainText === "string") {
+					base64content = await blobToBase64(
+						new Blob([message.file.plainText])
+					);
+				} else {
+					return Promise.reject("sendToChat() error: none of blob, base64 or plainText set correctly");
+				}
+				data.base64 = base64content;
+				data.name = message.file.name;
+			}
+
+			const errorMsg = InternalJSApi.sendToChat(JSON.stringify(data));
+			if (errorMsg) {
+				return Promise.reject(errorMsg);
+			}
+		},
+
 	};
 })();