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Send a STICKER via Whapi.Cloud (file, url, or base64)

Source: R/utils.R
whapi_send_sticker.Rd

Sends a WhatsApp sticker via POST /messages/sticker. The sticker must be in WebP format (image/webp).

Usage

whapi_send_sticker(
  to,
  sticker,
  type = c("file", "url", "base64"),
  token = Sys.getenv("WHAPI_TOKEN", unset = ""),
  timeout = 30,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

to

Character(1). WhatsApp target (E.164 digits only, no "+") or chat id.

sticker

Character(1).

  • If type = "file": local .webp file path (will be read and encoded to Base64 data-URI).

  • If type = "url": direct http(s) URL to the .webp file.

  • If type = "base64": full data-URI string (e.g. "data:image/webp;name=st.webp;base64,<...>").

type

One of c("file","url","base64"). Default = "file".

token

Bearer token (env var WHAPI_TOKEN if not provided).

timeout

Numeric. Request timeout (seconds). Default 30.

verbose

Logical. Print CLI messages? Default TRUE.

Value

tibble with id, to, status, timestamp, and raw response in resp.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
Sys.setenv(WHAPI_TOKEN = "your_token_here")

# 1) Local file
 whapi_send_sticker("558191812121",
   sticker = "sticker.webp", type = "file")

# 2) Remote URL
 whapi_send_sticker("558191812121",
   sticker = "https://example.com/condepe.webp", type = "url")

# 3) Pre-encoded Base64
 b64 <- openssl::base64_encode(readBin("sticker.webp","raw",file.info("sticker.webp")$size))
 data_uri <- sprintf("data:image/webp;name=%s;base64,%s", basename("sticker.webp"), b64)
 whapi_send_sticker("558191812121", sticker = data_uri, type = "base64")
 } # }