Messages

Document for Tweetinvi < 4.x

Overview

Private Messages are messages that can be send between 2 users without having to display it publicly on a any Timeline. As a result all operation related with Messages will be performed through the authenticated user.

• Get Messages
• Create Messages
• Destroy Messages

Let's code

Get Messages

var latestMessage = Message.GetLatestMessages();

var receivedMessages = latestMessages.Where(x => x.SenderId != userId);
var sentMessages = latestMessages.Where(x => x.SenderId == userId);esSentParameters);

Get a specific message from its id.

var message = Message.GetExistingMessage(<message_identifier>);

Get Messages with Cursor

The cursor allow you to iterate over the results returned by Twitter. Please as followed :

var messages = Message.GetLatestMessages(new GetMessagesParameters()
{
    Count = 50
}, out var nextCursor).ToList();

if (nextCursor != null) 
{
    var olderMessages = Message.GetLatestMessages(new GetMessagesParameters()
    {
        Count = 50,
        Cursor = nextCursor
    });

    messages.AddRange(olderMessages);
}

Publish Message

// Single Line
var message = Message.PublishMessage("Messages Rocks around here!", <user_identifier>);

Publish Message with Media

var imageBinary = File.ReadAllBytes(imgPath);

// Upload the image to Twitter
var uploadMediaParams = new UploadParameters()
{
    Binary = imageBinary,
    MediaCategory = Tweetinvi.Core.Public.Models.Enum.MediaCategory.DmImage
};

var media = Upload.UploadBinary(uploadMediaParams);

// Publish the DM
var publishMsgParams = new PublishMessageParameters(text, recipientId)
{
    AttachmentMediaId = media.MediaId
};

var message = Message.PublishMessage(publishMsgParams);

if (message != null)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Message published with ID {0}", message.Id);
}

Publish Media with QuickReplyResponse

var publishMsgParams = new PublishMessageParameters("Do you like cheese?", recipientId)
{
    QuickReplyOptions = new IQuickReplyOption[]
    {
        new QuickReplyOption()
        {
            Label = "Yes",
            Description = "Yes, I love cheese!",
            Metadata = "1"
        },
        new QuickReplyOption()
        {
            Label = "No",
            Description = "No, I do not love cheese...",
            Metadata = "0"
        }
    }
};

var message = Message.PublishMessage(publishMsgParams);

if (message != null)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Message published with ID {0}", message.Id);
}

Destroy Messages

// Destroy from static class Message
var success = Message.DestroyMessage(<message_identifier>);

// Destroy from Message object
var success = message.Destroy();

// With an object you can check if the message has been deleted
var isDeleted = message.IsMessageDestroyed;