dm command no longer works

[mandeluna]

The dm command gives the following error

/usr/local/bin/t: Sorry, that page does not exist.

I am pretty sure this is happening because Twitter changed the DM REST endpoints.

I'm not much of a ruby expert but I looked at the gemspec and it says that there is a dependency on 6.1.0 of the Twitter REST client. It does look up-to-date with the latest direct_messages events API.

In cli.rb there is a call to client.create_direct_message but I can't tell if it's calling the new API or the deprecated API.

I also know this is an old project and I'm not looking for someone to fix it for me, just suggestions on what I can do to fix it myself. I've been poking through the code for a few hours and I'm not getting anywhere.

Thanks

[autodidacticon]

Looks like the path is wrong in the public twitter gem. It is correct in master. You can build the gem locally and install it and it appears to work.

Update: 6.2 will break some stuff btw. At the very least make sure youre authorized.

[galenfarrel]

mandeluna, autodidacticon, did either of you get the direct messaging working? Can you provide help in detail?

[mandeluna]

I haven't had time to look into this.

[autodidacticon]

@galenfarrel Pull down git://github.com/sferik/twitter.git and build / install master. That will temporarily resolve this issue until the gem is updated.

[galenfarrel]

@autodidacticon Thanks for your response. I'm new to ruby, and github. Will you explain what you mean by "Pull down" and "build / install"? I've already downloaded the t and installed it with the command "gem install twitter"...

[autodidacticon]

In a separate directory:
git clone https://github.com/sferik/twitter.git
and then
gem build twitter.gemspec
gem install twitter-6.2.0.gem

[galenfarrel]

This caused the output to changed, but has not fixed the issue. Any ideas?

C:\Users............\twitter-master>t dm @.................... hi
C:/Ruby26-x64/bin/t: event.message_create.target.recipient_id: '..................' is not a valid Long
Run t authorize to authorize.

C:\Users.............\twitter-master>t accounts
.......................
--------------------------- (active)

And simliarly,
C:\Users.........>t dm @......... hi
C:/Ruby26-x64/bin/t: event.message_create.target.recipient_id: '..............' is not a valid Long
Run t authorize to authorize.

C:\Users......>t account
.........................
--------------------------- (active)

And if I enter the full t dm command, I get
C:\Users.............\twitter-master>t dm USER MESSAGE @............ hi
ERROR: "t dm" was called with arguments ["USER", "MESSAGE", "@.................", "hi"]
Usage: "t dm USER MESSAGE"
which is the same as it was before applying your fix.

[autodidacticon]

You need to invoke dm with the userId of the account. You can retrieve that with the whoIs command.

[galenfarrel]

@autodidacticon This is the ticket, it's working now. Thanks a heap for the help!

[onoakino]

I'm on t version 3.1.0 and I'm getting an error below when I try to send a DM. Note that I'm already authorized. I can post a twitter update fine, I can stream updates etc, but I can't successfuly send a Direct Message. Here's the command line output error:

`Miming-MacBook-Pro:~ miming$ t dm userIdOfAFriend hello

/Users/miming/.rbenv/versions/2.7.1/bin/t: Sorry, that page does not exist`

[jasalt]

Got it to work by upgrading twitter gem to 7.0.0, but that additionally needs a workaround for authentication to work (on mac) #402 (comment).