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
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