Re: [twitter-dev] Problems with direct message api

2011-02-03 Thread Taylor Singletary
Twitter's API doesn't really support the notion of an application having agency to send direct messages on its own. Direct messages are between two Twitter users. If you want your application to have an identity, it'll need to be a Twitter account also -- one that has approved your application. Wh

[twitter-dev] Problems with direct message api

2011-02-03 Thread pl
Trying to do an app that can send private messages to a user, these messages could be sent at any time and would be triggered by real-time events that require a notification to be sent to a registered user. Tried using the direct_message/new api and whilst that does send the message, it appears to