Send Location message

This endpoint sends a location message to a phone number on whatsapp.

Please note: We can only send a location message if client has initiated the conversation.

URL:​ ​https://waapi.pepipost.com/api/v2/message/

Method: POST

Parameters:

Parameter	Description	Data Type	Required
recipient_whatsapp	Recipient’s phone number. Must be a valid number. Phone number must include a country code otherwise message might not get delivered.	String	Yes
recipient_type	Indicate whether the recipient is an individualor a group. Specifying recipient_type in the request is optional when the value is individual. However, recipient_type is required when using group.	String	No
message_type	Type of a message as location	String	Yes
source	Source id of the origin. Source id must be valid and obtained from source creation API.	String	Yes
longitude	Longitude of the location.It should be valid longitude.	double	Yes
latitude	Latitude of the location.It should be valid latitude.	double	Yes
name	Name of the location.	string	No
address	Full address of the location.	string	No
x-apiheader	Any custom data which user needs to send. X-apiheader can be used instead of message id for mapping messages.	String	No

Request Body

{ 
   "message": [ 
       { 
           "recipient_whatsapp": "919930609609",
           "recipient_type": "individual", 
           "message_type": "location", 
           "source": "329f-998", 
           "x-apiheader": "custom_data", 
           "type_location": [ 
               { 
                   "longitude": -122.425332, 
                   "latitude": 37.758056, 
                   "name": "Facebook HQ", 
                   "address": "1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025" 
               } 
           ] 
       } 
   ] 
} 
  

Responses for message API

In case of success

{ 
   "status": "success", 
   "message": "Request received successfully.", 
   "data": { 
       "id": "6929d4af-490d-454a-8cf3-0502a3506f09" 
   } 
} 

This id in response is message id for future response. All the message status updates on webhook will be mapped to this id. So store this message id at your side.

In case of failure

{ 
   "status": "failure", 
   "error": { 
       "code": "8006", 
       "message": " type is required." 
   } 
} 

According to error code and message will change.