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Send Direct Message (DM) with Twitter API

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Getting Started

Create a workflow to Send Direct Message (DM) with the Twitter API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the Send Direct Message (DM) action
    1. Connect your Twitter account
    2. Configure Recipient Name or ID
    3. Configure Message Text
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. Turn on the trigger

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Details

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Send Direct Message (DM) on Twitter
Description:Send a message to a user. [See the documentation](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/direct-messages/manage/api-reference/post-dm_conversations-with-participant_id-messages)
Version:1.0.1
Key:twitter-send-dm

Code

import app from "../../app/twitter.app.mjs";
import { ACTION_ERROR_MESSAGE } from "../../common/errorMessage.mjs";
import { defineAction } from "@pipedream/types";
import { getUserId } from "../../common/methods.mjs";
const DOCS_LINK = "https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/direct-messages/manage/api-reference/post-dm_conversations-with-participant_id-messages";
export default defineAction({
    key: "twitter-send-dm",
    name: "Send Direct Message (DM)",
    description: `Send a message to a user. [See the documentation](${DOCS_LINK})`,
    version: "1.0.1",
    type: "action",
    props: {
        app,
        userNameOrId: {
            propDefinition: [
                app,
                "userNameOrId",
            ],
            label: "Recipient Name or ID",
            optional: false,
        },
        text: {
            type: "string",
            label: "Message Text",
            description: "Text of the Direct Message being created. Text messages support up to 10,000 characters.",
        },
    },
    methods: {
        getUserId,
    },
    async run({ $ }) {
        try {
            const userId = await this.getUserId();
            const params = {
                $,
                userId,
                data: {
                    text: this.text,
                },
            };
            const response = await this.app.sendMessage(params);
            $.export("$summary", `Successfully sent message (event ID ${response.data?.dm_event_id})`);
            return response;
        }
        catch (err) {
            $.export("error", err);
            throw new Error(ACTION_ERROR_MESSAGE);
        }
    },
});

Configuration

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.
LabelPropTypeDescription
TwitterappappThis component uses the Twitter app.
Recipient Name or IDuserNameOrIdstring

A Twitter username (handle) prefixed with @ (e.g. @pipedream). You can also use the string me to use the authenticated user (default), or a numeric User ID.

Message Texttextstring

Text of the Direct Message being created. Text messages support up to 10,000 characters.

Authentication

Twitter uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Twitter account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Twitter and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Twitter API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

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