---
title: "Send sticker message"
method: POST
path: "/messages/sticker"
tags: ["Messages"]
---

# Send sticker message

`POST /messages/sticker`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://messenger-public-api.cogfy.com`
- URL: `https://messenger-public-api.cogfy.com/messages/sticker`
- Auth: API key in header `api-key`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/indigohive/apis/cogfy-messenger-public-api/docs/messages/sticker/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Provide either `id`, for a media previously uploaded through `POST /messages/upload-media`, or `link`, a public URL WhatsApp can download from.

Requires an open service window: the recipient must have messaged the business in the last 24 hours. Use `POST /messages/template` to reach recipients outside that window.

## Request body

- object
  - `from` string, required: WhatsApp id of the sender phone number
  - `to` string, required: Recipient phone number, digits only, including country code
  - `sticker` object: The sticker to send. Provide either `id` or `link`
    - `id` string: Id of a media uploaded through `POST /messages/upload-media`
    - `link` string, uri: Public URL of the media

## Response `200`

Message sent successfully

- object
  - `id` string, uuid, required: Id of the created message

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request — invalid input data, or the message was rejected by the WhatsApp Cloud API (e.g. invalid template)
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `404`: Sender phone number not found or not linked to a WhatsApp Business Account

## Changes

- **2026-08-07** `30bd33ee45c9`: 3 info
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `400`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `401`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `404`
- **2026-07-28** `8ccfb9a461e2`: 3 breaking, 5 info
  - the `from` request property's minLength was increased from `0` to `1`
  - the `to` request property's minLength was increased from `0` to `1`
  - the `sticker/link` request property format changed from no format to `uri`
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - …4 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/indigohive/apis/cogfy-messenger-public-api/changes/messages/sticker/post.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/indigohive/apis/cogfy-messenger-public-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/indigohive/apis/cogfy-messenger-public-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/indigohive/apis/cogfy-messenger-public-api/revisions/30bd33ee45c9?raw)