Send Location Request Message · WhatsApp

infoOverview

About this API

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

MethodPOST

Versionv3.0

Base URLhttps://partnersv1.pinbot.ai/v3

Content Typeapplication/json

keySecurity

Authentication

Include your API credential in the request header. Keep credentials on the server and never expose them in client-side applications.

Locationheader

Field nameapikey

Example valueYOUR_WABA_API_KEY

routeParameters

Path Parameters

Substitute these placeholders in the endpoint URL before sending the request.

phone_number_idstringRequiredResource identifier for phone number id.

uploadInput

Request Body

Send a application/json payload. Replace placeholder values with data from your integration.

{
"messaging_product": "whatsapp",
"recipient_type": "individual",
"type": "interactive",
"to": "91XXXXXXXXXX",
"interactive": {
"type": "location_request_message",
"body": {
"text": "Let us start with your pickup. You can either manually *enter an address*
or *share your current location*."
},
"action": {
"name": "send_location"
}
}
}

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

smartphoneEmbedded Signup Sandbox

Test with simulated WABA credentials

Use the sample WABA ID and WABA number produced by the Embedded Signup simulation. Sending here never calls the real WhatsApp API.

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codeIntegration

Code Examples

Select your language and customize the request URL. Credential placeholders are intentionally preserved so secrets never appear in generated samples.

Request URL

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curl --request POST 'https://partnersv1.pinbot.ai/v3/{phone_number_id}/messages' \
  --header 'apikey: <API_KEY>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "raw_example": "{\n\"messaging_product\": \"whatsapp\",\n\"recipient_type\": \"individual\",\n\"type\": \"interactive\",\n\"to\": \"91XXXXXXXXXX\",\n\"interactive\": {\n\"type\": \"location_request_message\",\n\"body\": {\n\"text\": \"Let us start with your pickup. You can either manually *enter an address*\nor *share your current location*.\"\n},\n\"action\": {\n\"name\": \"send_location\"\n}\n}\n}\n"
}'

const response = await fetch('https://partnersv1.pinbot.ai/v3/{phone_number_id}/messages', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    "apikey": "<API_KEY>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "raw_example": "{\n\"messaging_product\": \"whatsapp\",\n\"recipient_type\": \"individual\",\n\"type\": \"interactive\",\n\"to\": \"91XXXXXXXXXX\",\n\"interactive\": {\n\"type\": \"location_request_message\",\n\"body\": {\n\"text\": \"Let us start with your pickup. You can either manually *enter an address*\nor *share your current location*.\"\n},\n\"action\": {\n\"name\": \"send_location\"\n}\n}\n}\n"
  })
});

if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

const response = await fetch('https://partnersv1.pinbot.ai/v3/{phone_number_id}/messages', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    "apikey": "<API_KEY>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "raw_example": "{\n\"messaging_product\": \"whatsapp\",\n\"recipient_type\": \"individual\",\n\"type\": \"interactive\",\n\"to\": \"91XXXXXXXXXX\",\n\"interactive\": {\n\"type\": \"location_request_message\",\n\"body\": {\n\"text\": \"Let us start with your pickup. You can either manually *enter an address*\nor *share your current location*.\"\n},\n\"action\": {\n\"name\": \"send_location\"\n}\n}\n}\n"
  })
});

if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import json
import requests

url = 'https://partnersv1.pinbot.ai/v3/{phone_number_id}/messages'
headers = {
  "apikey": "<API_KEY>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
payload = json.loads(r'''{
  "raw_example": "{\\n\\"messaging_product\\": \\"whatsapp\\",\\n\\"recipient_type\\": \\"individual\\",\\n\\"type\\": \\"interactive\\",\\n\\"to\\": \\"91XXXXXXXXXX\\",\\n\\"interactive\\": {\\n\\"type\\": \\"location_request_message\\",\\n\\"body\\": {\\n\\"text\\": \\"Let us start with your pickup. You can either manually *enter an address*\\nor *share your current location*.\\"\\n},\\n\\"action\\": {\\n\\"name\\": \\"send_location\\"\\n}\\n}\\n}\\n"
}''')
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)

response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
String body = """
{
  "raw_example": "{\n\"messaging_product\": \"whatsapp\",\n\"recipient_type\": \"individual\",\n\"type\": \"interactive\",\n\"to\": \"91XXXXXXXXXX\",\n\"interactive\": {\n\"type\": \"location_request_message\",\n\"body\": {\n\"text\": \"Let us start with your pickup. You can either manually *enter an address*\nor *share your current location*.\"\n},\n\"action\": {\n\"name\": \"send_location\"\n}\n}\n}\n"
}
""";
var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://partnersv1.pinbot.ai/v3/{phone_number_id}/messages"))
    .header("apikey", "<API_KEY>")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(body))
    .build();

var response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.statusCode());
System.out.println(response.body());

<?php
$curl = curl_init();
$payload = '{
  "raw_example": "{\\n\\"messaging_product\\": \\"whatsapp\\",\\n\\"recipient_type\\": \\"individual\\",\\n\\"type\\": \\"interactive\\",\\n\\"to\\": \\"91XXXXXXXXXX\\",\\n\\"interactive\\": {\\n\\"type\\": \\"location_request_message\\",\\n\\"body\\": {\\n\\"text\\": \\"Let us start with your pickup. You can either manually *enter an address*\\nor *share your current location*.\\"\\n},\\n\\"action\\": {\\n\\"name\\": \\"send_location\\"\\n}\\n}\\n}\\n"
}';
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => 'https://partnersv1.pinbot.ai/v3/{phone_number_id}/messages',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["apikey: <API_KEY>","Content-Type: application/json"],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $payload,
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
if ($response === false) throw new Exception(curl_error($curl));
curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("apikey", "<API_KEY>");
var json = """
{
  "raw_example": "{\n\"messaging_product\": \"whatsapp\",\n\"recipient_type\": \"individual\",\n\"type\": \"interactive\",\n\"to\": \"91XXXXXXXXXX\",\n\"interactive\": {\n\"type\": \"location_request_message\",\n\"body\": {\n\"text\": \"Let us start with your pickup. You can either manually *enter an address*\nor *share your current location*.\"\n},\n\"action\": {\n\"name\": \"send_location\"\n}\n}\n}\n"
}
""";
using var content = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
var response = await client.PostAsync("https://partnersv1.pinbot.ai/v3/{phone_number_id}/messages", content);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
    "bytes"
)

func main() {
    request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://partnersv1.pinbot.ai/v3/{phone_number_id}/messages", bytes.NewBufferString("{\n  \"raw_example\": \"{\\n\\\"messaging_product\\\": \\\"whatsapp\\\",\\n\\\"recipient_type\\\": \\\"individual\\\",\\n\\\"type\\\": \\\"interactive\\\",\\n\\\"to\\\": \\\"91XXXXXXXXXX\\\",\\n\\\"interactive\\\": {\\n\\\"type\\\": \\\"location_request_message\\\",\\n\\\"body\\\": {\\n\\\"text\\\": \\\"Let us start with your pickup. You can either manually *enter an address*\\nor *share your current location*.\\\"\\n},\\n\\\"action\\\": {\\n\\\"name\\\": \\\"send_location\\\"\\n}\\n}\\n}\\n\"\n}"))
    if err != nil { panic(err) }
    request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
    request.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
    request.Header.Set("apikey", "<API_KEY>")
    response, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(request)
    if err != nil { panic(err) }
    defer response.Body.Close()
    data, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
    if err != nil { panic(err) }
    if response.StatusCode >= 400 { panic(fmt.Sprintf("HTTP %d: %s", response.StatusCode, data)) }
    fmt.Println(string(data))
}

downloadOutput

Response

A successful request returns the documented response payload. Delivery and asynchronous events may arrive separately through configured webhooks.

{
"messaging_product": "whatsapp",
"contacts": [
{
"input": "9175XXXXXXXX",
"wa_id": "9175XXXXXXXX"
}
],
"messages": [
{
"id":
"wamid.HBgMOTE3OTcyODkyNzEyFQIAERgSQUM3MzRCRjdFREYzOENDNTgwAA=
="
}
]
}

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

ruleHTTP Responses

Status Codes

200The request was successful.

400Bad request or invalid parameters.

401API key is missing or invalid.

403The request is not authorized for this resource.

404The requested resource was not found.

500The server encountered an error.