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GET direct_messages/show

API version 1.1
Updated on Wed, 2012-09-05 10:25

Returns a single direct message, specified by an id parameter. Like the /1.1/direct_messages.format request, this method will include the user objects of the sender and recipient.

Important: This method requires an access token with RWD (read, write & direct message) permissions. Consult The Application Permission Model for more information.

Resource URL

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/direct_messages/show.json

Parameters

id required

The ID of the direct message.

Example Values: 587424932

Example Request

GET

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/direct_messages/show.json?id=240136858829479936 


  1. [
  2.     {
  3.         "created_at": "Mon Aug 27 17:21:03 +0000 2012", 
  4.         "entities": {
  5.             "hashtags": [], 
  6.             "urls": [], 
  7.             "user_mentions": []
  8.         }, 
  9.         "id": 240136858829479936, 
  10.         "id_str": "240136858829479936", 
  11.         "recipient": {
  12.             "contributors_enabled": false, 
  13.             "created_at": "Thu Aug 23 19:45:07 +0000 2012", 
  14.             "default_profile": false, 
  15.             "default_profile_image": false, 
  16.             "description": "Keep calm and test", 
  17.             "favourites_count": 0, 
  18.             "follow_request_sent": false, 
  19.             "followers_count": 0, 
  20.             "following": false, 
  21.             "friends_count": 10, 
  22.             "geo_enabled": true, 
  23.             "id": 776627022, 
  24.             "id_str": "776627022", 
  25.             "is_translator": false, 
  26.             "lang": "en", 
  27.             "listed_count": 0, 
  28.             "location": "San Francisco, CA", 
  29.             "name": "Mick Jagger", 
  30.             "notifications": false, 
  31.             "profile_background_color": "000000", 
  32.             "profile_background_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/644522235/cdjlccey99gy36j3em67.jpeg", 
  33.             "profile_background_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/644522235/cdjlccey99gy36j3em67.jpeg", 
  34.             "profile_background_tile": true, 
  35.             "profile_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/2550226257/y0ef5abcx5yrba8du0sk_normal.jpeg", 
  36.             "profile_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/2550226257/y0ef5abcx5yrba8du0sk_normal.jpeg", 
  37.             "profile_link_color": "000000", 
  38.             "profile_sidebar_border_color": "000000", 
  39.             "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "000000", 
  40.             "profile_text_color": "000000", 
  41.             "profile_use_background_image": false, 
  42.             "protected": false, 
  43.             "screen_name": "s0c1alm3dia", 
  44.             "show_all_inline_media": false, 
  45.             "statuses_count": 0, 
  46.             "time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)", 
  47.             "url": "http://cnn.com", 
  48.             "utc_offset": -28800, 
  49.             "verified": false
  50.         }, 
  51.         "recipient_id": 776627022, 
  52.         "recipient_screen_name": "s0c1alm3dia", 
  53.         "sender": {
  54.             "contributors_enabled": true, 
  55.             "created_at": "Sat May 09 17:58:22 +0000 2009", 
  56.             "default_profile": false, 
  57.             "default_profile_image": false, 
  58.             "description": "I taught your phone that thing you like.  The Mobile Partner Engineer @Twitter. ", 
  59.             "favourites_count": 584, 
  60.             "follow_request_sent": false, 
  61.             "followers_count": 10621, 
  62.             "following": false, 
  63.             "friends_count": 1181, 
  64.             "geo_enabled": true, 
  65.             "id": 38895958, 
  66.             "id_str": "38895958", 
  67.             "is_translator": false, 
  68.             "lang": "en", 
  69.             "listed_count": 190, 
  70.             "location": "San Francisco", 
  71.             "name": "Sean Cook", 
  72.             "notifications": false, 
  73.             "profile_background_color": "1A1B1F", 
  74.             "profile_background_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/495742332/purty_wood.png", 
  75.             "profile_background_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/495742332/purty_wood.png", 
  76.             "profile_background_tile": true, 
  77.             "profile_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1751506047/dead_sexy_normal.JPG", 
  78.             "profile_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1751506047/dead_sexy_normal.JPG", 
  79.             "profile_link_color": "2FC2EF", 
  80.             "profile_sidebar_border_color": "181A1E", 
  81.             "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "252429", 
  82.             "profile_text_color": "666666", 
  83.             "profile_use_background_image": true, 
  84.             "protected": false, 
  85.             "screen_name": "theSeanCook", 
  86.             "show_all_inline_media": true, 
  87.             "statuses_count": 2608, 
  88.             "time_zone": "Pacific Time (US & Canada)", 
  89.             "url": null, 
  90.             "utc_offset": -28800, 
  91.             "verified": false
  92.         }, 
  93.         "sender_id": 38895958, 
  94.         "sender_screen_name": "theSeanCook", 
  95.         "text": "booyakasha"
  96.     }
  97. ]