whapi (version 0.0.2)

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

Description

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
)

Value

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

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.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
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")
 }