Sending Direct Message Events

Send a direct message.

Signature:

public async Task<DirectMessageEvents> NewDirectMessageEventAsync(ulong recipientID, string text, CancellationToken cancelToken = default(CancellationToken))

Parameters/Filters:

Name	Purpose	Type	Required
recipientID	ID of user to send to.	ulong	yes
text	Direct message contents.	string	yes

Return Type: DirectMessageEvents

v 4.x Example:

            const ulong Linq2TwitrID = 15411837;

            DirectMessageEvents message = 
                await twitterCtx.NewDirectMessageEventAsync(
                    Linq2TwitrID, 
                    "DM from @JoeMayo to @Linq2Twitr of $MSFT & $TSLA with #TwitterAPI #chatbot " +
                    "at http://bit.ly/2xSJWJk and http://amzn.to/2gD09X6 on " + DateTime.Now + "!'");

            DMEvent dmEvent = message?.Value?.DMEvent;
            if (dmEvent != null)
                Console.WriteLine(
                    "Recipient: {0}, Message: {1}, Date: {2}",
                    dmEvent.MessageCreate.Target.RecipientID,
                    dmEvent.MessageCreate.MessageData.Text,
                    dmEvent.CreatedTimestamp);

Twitter API: direct_messages/events/new