There is a way to send my location to facebook-messenger from a mobile client, but how can I send some location from a bot? (messenger platform api)
When I try to send a similar structure from bot, I get an error:
(#100) Unsupported attachment type
Is there a way to send my location from bot?
Example of received message to bot:
{
"object": "page",
"entry": [{
"id": "1719442148306048",
"time": 1466780344978,
"messaging": [{
"sender": {"id": "123456789"},
"recipient": {"id": "987654321"},
"timestamp": 1466780344847,
"message": {
"mid": "mid.12345698875:c80066d69b6cee1779",
"seq": 65,
"attachments": [{
"title": "Dmitry's Location",
"url": "Link to bing.com through facebook redirect"
"type": "location",
"payload": {"coordinates": {"lat": 55, "long": 37}}
}]
}
}]
}]
}
I try send message with attachment like this:
"attachment": {
"type": "location",
"payload": {"coordinates": {"lat": 55, "long": 37}}
}
There is workaround. We can send generic template with static map image and url to dynamic. For iOS native map app we can use address http://maps.apple.com/maps (which redirects all non iOS users to Google Maps with the same parameters). On Android it opens Google Maps app.
{
"recipient": {"id": "132456"},
"message": {
"attachment": {
"type": "template",
"payload": {
"template_type": "generic",
"elements": {
"element": {
"title": "Your current location",
"image_url": "https:\/\/maps.googleapis.com\/maps\/api\/staticmap?size=764x400¢er="+lat+","+long+"&zoom=25&markers="+lat+","+long,
"item_url": "http:\/\/maps.apple.com\/maps?q="+lat+","+long+"&z=16"
}
}
}
}
}
}