# Send Location Message

**POST** `/{phone_number_id}/messages`

Product: [WhatsApp](https://devdocs.pinnacle.in/docs/whatsapp.md)  
Version: [3.0](https://devdocs.pinnacle.in/docs/whatsapp/3-0.md)

This API is used to send the location message to the end user.

## Request

URL: `https://partnersv1.pinbot.ai/v3/{phone_number_id}/messages`

Authentication location: `header`

Authentication name: `apikey`

### Request schema


```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "to": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "address": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "latitude": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "longitude": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "recipient_type": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "messaging_product": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
```

### Request example


```json
{
  "to": "{{Recipient-Phone-Number}}",
  "type": "location",
  "location": {
    "name": "{{Area Name}}",
    "address": "{{Correspondence address}}",
    "latitude": "{{Sample latitude}}",
    "longitude": "{{Sample longitude}}"
  },
  "recipient_type": "individual",
  "messaging_product": "whatsapp"
}
```

## Response schema


```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "raw_example": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
```

## Response examples


```json
{
  "200": {
    "raw_example": "{\n\"messaging_product\": \"whatsapp\",\n\"contacts\": [\n{\n\"input\": \"9175XXXXXXXX\",\n\"wa_id\": \"9175XXXXXXXX\"\n}\n],\n\"messages\": [\n{\n\"id\":\n\"wamid.HBgMOTE3OTcyODkyNzEyFQIAERgSQzAwRDEzNkQ1NDFFNkM3NkEzAA=\n=\"\n}\n]\n}\n"
  }
}
```

## Status codes


```json
[
  {
    "code": 200,
    "description": "The request was successful."
  },
  {
    "code": 400,
    "description": "Bad request or invalid parameters."
  },
  {
    "code": 401,
    "description": "API key is missing or invalid."
  },
  {
    "code": 403,
    "description": "The request is not authorized for this resource."
  },
  {
    "code": 404,
    "description": "The requested resource was not found."
  },
  {
    "code": 500,
    "description": "The server encountered an error."
  }
]
```