Send a WhatsApp Status (story) — send

Posts a status (story) message visible to your contacts. Supports text or media (image, video, document, audio) types.

Usage

send_status(
  client,
  type = c("text", "image", "video", "document", "audio"),
  content,
  caption = NULL,
  background_color = NULL,
  font = NULL,
  all_contacts = FALSE,
  status_jid_list = NULL,
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

client: An evo_client() object.
type: One of "text", "image", "video", "document", "audio".
content: Text (for type = "text") or URL/base64 for media.
caption: Optional caption for media types.
background_color: Hex colour for text status background (e.g., "#FF5733").
font: Integer font id (0–14).
all_contacts: Logical. If TRUE, sends to all contacts.
status_jid_list: Optional character vector of specific JIDs to receive the status.
verbose: Logical. If TRUE, logs request/response details with cli.

Value

A named list with the API response. The HTTP status code is stored in attr(result, "http_status").

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
send_status(client, type = "text", content = "Hello from R!",
            background_color = "#317873", font = 2, all_contacts = TRUE)
} # }