4 :received => '/direct_messages.json',
5 :sent => '/direct_messages/sent.json',
6 :post => '/direct_messages/new.json',
7 :delete => '/direct_messages/destroy',
10 # Provides access to Twitter's Messaging API for received and
11 # sent direct messages.
14 # received_messages = @twitter.messages(:received)
16 # An <tt>ArgumentError</tt> will be raised if an invalid <tt>action</tt>
17 # is given. Valid actions are:
20 def messages(action, options = nil)
21 # method scoped method
22 def uri_suffix(opts); opts && opts[:page] ? "?page=#{opts[:page]}" : ""; end
23 raise ArgumentError, "Invalid messaging action: #{action}" unless [:sent, :received].member?(action)
24 uri = @@MESSAGING_URIS[action] + uri_suffix(options)
25 response = http_connect {|conn| create_http_get_request(uri) }
26 bless_models(Twitter::Message.unmarshal(response.body))
29 # Provides access to Twitter's Messaging API for sending and deleting
30 # direct messages to other users.
32 # <tt>action</tt> can be:
33 # * <tt>:post</tt> - to send a new direct message, <tt>value</tt>, to <tt>user</tt> given.
34 # * <tt>:delete</tt> - to delete direct message with message ID <tt>value</tt>.
36 # <tt>value</tt> should be:
37 # * <tt>String</tt> when action is <tt>:post</tt>. Will be the message text sent to given <tt>user</tt>.
38 # * <tt>Integer</tt> or <tt>Twitter::Message</tt> object when action is <tt>:delete</tt>. Will refer to the unique message ID to delete. When passing in an instance of <tt>Twitter::Message</tt> that Status will be
40 # <tt>user</tt> should be:
41 # * <tt>Twitter::User</tt>, <tt>Integer</tt> or <tt>String</tt> object when <tt>action</tt> is <tt>:post</tt>. The <tt>Integer</tt> must be the unique ID of the Twitter user you wish to send the direct message to and any <tt>String</tt>s passed in must be the screen name of the user you wish to send the direct message to.
42 # * totally ignore when <tt>action</tt> is <tt>:delete</tt>. It has no purpose in this use case scenario.
45 # The example below sends the message text 'Are you coming over at 6pm for the BBQ tonight?' to user with screen name 'myfriendslogin'...
46 # @twitter.message(:post, 'Are you coming over at 6pm for the BBQ tonight?', 'myfriendslogin')
47 # The example below sends the same message text as above to user with unique integer ID of 1234567890...
48 # the example below sends the same message text as above to user represented by <tt>user</tt> object instance of <tt>Twitter::User</tt>...
49 # @twitter.message(:post, 'Are you coming over at 6pm for the BBQ tonight?', user)
50 # message = @twitter.message(:post, 'Are you coming over at 6pm for the BBQ tonight?', 1234567890)
51 # the example below delete's the message send directly above to user with unique ID 1234567890...
52 # @twitter.message(:delete, message)
53 # Or the following can also be done...
54 # @twitter.message(:delete, message.id)
56 # In both scenarios (<tt>action</tt> is <tt>:post</tt> or
57 # <tt>:delete</tt>) a blessed <tt>Twitter::Message</tt> object is
58 # returned that represents the newly posted or newly deleted message.
60 # An <tt>ArgumentError</tt> will be raised if an invalid <tt>action</tt>
61 # is given. Valid actions are:
65 # An <tt>ArgumentError</tt> is also raised when no user argument is
66 # supplied when <tt>action</tt> is +:post+.
67 def message(action, value, user = nil)
68 raise ArgumentError, "Invalid messaging action: #{action}" unless [:post, :delete].member?(action)
69 raise ArgumentError, "User argument must be supplied for :post case" if action.eql?(:post) and user.nil?
70 uri = @@MESSAGING_URIS[action]
71 user = user.to_i if user and user.is_a?(Twitter::User)
74 response = http_connect({:text => value, :user => user, :source => @@config.source}.to_http_str) {|conn| create_http_post_request(uri) }
76 response = http_connect {|conn| create_http_delete_request(uri, :id => value.to_i) }
78 message = Twitter::Message.unmarshal(response.body)