Get users current location from Facebook messenger Chatbot api

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Charan Goud picture Charan Goud · Jul 31, 2016 · Viewed 12.4k times · Source

I am working on fb messenger bot and I want to access user's current location without them sending it as an attachment.I tried to get user's current location from fb graph API but it seems like to return the user's location from their profile. I need something like real time geo coordinates.

Thanks in Advance!

Answer

luschn picture luschn · Jul 31, 2016

The only way to get the location is when the user sends it: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/send-api-reference/quick-replies

More information: How to send location from Facebook messenger platform?

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