WhatsApp Sticker
Digital, often animated emoji stickers offer far more nuanced, varied, and personal expression forms than generic emoji sets. People often turn to visual short-hands such as emojis and animated GIFs to convey emotions and reactions instantly.
WhatsApp stickers are digital elements that give your customer conversation a more branded look.
Requirements for creating WhatsApp stickers
There are a few formatting requirements to follow with stickers:
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- WEBP files only
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- Cannot exceed 100KB
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- Size must be 512x512px
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- There must be a 16px margin around the sticker
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- A transparent background is required.
WhatsApp does not support animated stickers.
ℹ️ Stickers can only be sent as session messages. It’s not possible to send stickers as a media message template.
ℹ️ Check out our How to Create and Send Stickers Tutorial.
How to send a WhatsApp sticker
curl –XPOST https://api.tyntec.com/conversations/v3/messages\
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'apikey: <API KEY>' \
-d '{
"from" : "{{whatsAppBusinessNumber}}",
"to" : "{{receiverPhoneNumber}}",
"channel" : "whatsapp",
"content" : {
"contentType" : "sticker",
"sticker" : {
"url": "https://www.tyntec.com/sites/default/files/2020-07/tyntec_rocket_sticker_512px_001_.webp"
}
}
}'