在Twitter中使用node.js API回复Twitter的直接消息

Question

I am using twit npm package to read direct messages

var stream = T.stream('user', { stringify_friend_ids: true })
stream.on('direct_message', function (directMsg) {
console.log(directMsg)
}

I want to reply the directMsg received , is there any method call of twit which can be used to achieve or any other nodejs package recommended to achieve the same.

Answer 1

Can't provide the exact code solution, but the way is to implement the following steps

1. Get USER_ID property from directMsg object
2. Use Twit Rest API method T.post(path, [params], callback) to send direct message to the user with USER_ID
3. Use Twitter API documentation to understand what you need to send direct messages, you need to properly provide parameters like in documentation

So the code will look like this

T.post("direct_messages/new", {
    user_id: USER_ID, // USER_ID is parameter from directMsg object
    text: 'YOUR_REPLY'
});

Hope it will help you.

Answer 2

Even i ran into it, here is what you have to do. Listen to the user stream for direct_message and retrieve the sender.screen_name and recipient.screen_name and verify it's not equal + you need the sender.id as stated by @RashadIbrahimov above.

  // Reply to Twitter messages
 function replyToDirectMessage(){

  //get the user stream
  var stream = T.stream('user');

stream.on('direct_message', function (eventMsg) {
  var msg = eventMsg.direct_message.text;
  var screenName = eventMsg.direct_message.sender.screen_name;
  var userId = eventMsg.direct_message.sender.id;

  // reply object
  var replyTo = { user_id: userId,
    text: "Thanks for your message :)", 
    screen_name: screenName };

  console.log(screenName + " says: " + msg );

  // avoid replying to yourself when the recipient is you
  if(screenName != eventMsg.direct_message.recipient_screen_name){

    //post reply
    T.post("direct_messages/new",replyTo, function(err,data,response){
            console.info(data);
        });
    }
});
}

and call it replyToDirectMessage();