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Interactive · location_request_message

Ask for a location in one tap.

Sends your text with a single "Send location" button. Use it when the next step depends on where the customer is: delivery, the nearest branch, a site visit.

to and the message ids are n8n expressions that read the WhatsApp Trigger right before this node ($json.messages[0].from / .id). For a manual test, replace them with a number and a message id.

The JSON body

HTTP Request → Body → JSON
POSThttps://graph.facebook.com/v26.0/YOUR_PHONE_NUMBER_ID/messages
{  "messaging_product": "whatsapp",  "recipient_type": "individual",  "to": "{{ $json.messages[0].from }}",  "type": "interactive",  "interactive": {    "type": "location_request_message",    "body": {      "text": "Yes. Send your location and I'll confirm the time."    },    "action": {      "name": "send_location"    }  }}

Limits & common mistakes

  1. Body text: 1,024 characters max; no header, footer or media on this type.

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  2. action.name must be send_location; the button label is WhatsApp's and can't be changed.

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  3. The answer comes back as a location message (latitude, longitude, optional name and address) with context.id pointing at your request: route on type location, not on a button reply.

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  4. to: include the country code. Plus signs, spaces, dashes and brackets are accepted, but a number without a country code gets your business number's code prepended and can reach the wrong person.

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  5. 24-hour window.

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How to set up the credential in n8n
  1. In n8n, open Credentials → Create credential and pick Header Auth.
  2. Fill in the two fields:
    NameAuthorization
    ValueBearer <your token>
  3. Open the pasted node. Authentication is already Generic → Header Auth; choose the credential you just made.
  4. Use a System User token from Meta Business settings; the token on the API Setup page expires within hours.Source (opens in a new tab)Source (opens in a new tab)

Your token lives in n8n only. I never ask for it.

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