WhatsApp Business: Send location message
Base URL:
POST: https://api.smsgatewayapi.com/v1/whatsapp/send_location
| Parameter | Input | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| client_id | API client ID | Login and go to 'Advanced' - 'API authentication' to find the API keys | Required |
| client_secret | API client secret | Login and go to 'Advanced' - 'API authentication' to find the API keys | Required |
| to | destination number | the number that will receive the message | Required |
| sender | sender | The number or name of the sender. A number can't be longer than 14 characters. A name can't be longer than 11 characters and can't contain special characters | Required |
| date | Date and time the message will be sent | Format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm. If not provided, the message will be sent as soon as possible | Optional |
| reference | custom reference | String of max. 255 characters | Optional |
| location | location object | Provide a object containing required fields : name, address, latitude and longitude. | Required |
| test | true/false | The system will check all parameters but will not send a the message (no credits/balance used). | Optional |
| subid | id of a subaccount | If specified, the message will be sent from the subaccount. | Optional |
<?php //PHP - cURL $ch = curl_init(); $url = "https://api.smsgatewayapi.com/v1/whatsapp/send_location"; $client_id = "XXX"; // Your API client ID (required) $client_secret = "YYY"; // Your API client secret (required) $data = [ 'to' => "393123456789", //Receiver (required) 'sender' => "WhatsAppSender" //Sender (required)
'location' => [ //Location (required) "name" => "Smstools", "address" => "Rijksweg 428, 3650 Dilsen-Stokkem", "latitude" => "51.0337093", "longitude" => "5.7253137" ]
]; curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "$url"); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [ "X-Client-Id: $client_id", "X-Client-Secret: $client_secret", "Content-Type: application/json", ]); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data)); $response = curl_exec($ch); ?>
Example request:
{
"to": "{nr}",
"date":"2024-10-15 15:30",
"sender": "YourWhatsAppBusinessSenderNumber",
"location" : {
"name": "Smstools",
"address": "Rijksweg 428, 3650 Dilsen-Stokkem",
"latitude": "51.0337093",
"longitude": "5.7253137"
}
}
Example response:
{
"messageid": "h2md1ewkyzjkuyn9ak7pryw1evtyw3x"
}
