Send direct messages with twitter gem - ruby

Question

I'm working on a twitter bot with the twitter gem. This bot is liking and following peoples. But now i want to send private messages with this gem and i cant.
This is what Im testing :
def login_twitter_stream
client_streaming =
Twitter::Streaming::Client.new do |config|
config.consumer_key = ENV["TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY"]
config.consumer_secret = ENV["TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET"]
config.access_token = ENV["TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN"]
config.access_token_secret = ENV["TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET"]
end
return client_streaming
end
def login_twitter
client_REST =
Twitter::REST::Client.new do |config|
config.consumer_key = ENV["TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY"]
config.consumer_secret = ENV["TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET"]
config.access_token = ENV["TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN"]
config.access_token_secret = ENV["TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET"]
end
return client_REST
end
def direct_messages
client = login_twitter
client
.search("#helloworld", result_type: "recent")
.take(5)
.each do
client.create_direct_message(
"#{tweet.user}",
"hello this is a test!",
options = {}
)
end
end
direct_messages
And this is the error I have with a simple
client.create_direct_message("#username","hello this is a test!",options={})
event.message_create.target.recipient_id: '#username' is not a valid Long (Twitter::Error::BadRequest)
ans this one:
undefined local variable or method `tweet' for main:Object (NameError)
I hope u have the solution ! Have a great day.

Answer 1

get the id of the twitter you want to send a message with. You can use this link to get an Id.
Then you can execute the command:
client.create_direct_message('<replace with the twitter Id you obtained>',"hello this is a test!",options={})
the tweet.user in your example means, there is a tweets-table(a model class) and the twitter Id is saved in the user-column.