Example of post request with JSON parameters?

[cherdt]

In the POST example for a static update, the payload consists of simple key-value pairs:

status='Hello @pybirdy!'

I've successfully created a direct message using the deprecated direct_messages/new endpoint:

response = self.client.api.direct_messages.new.post(screen_name='cherdt', text='hello there')

I'm unclear how to accomplish the same using the direct_messages/events/new endpoint (https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/direct-messages/sending-and-receiving/api-reference/new-event).

I've tried creating a string representing the JSON, but I've been getting the following error:

birdy.twitter.TwitterApiError: Unable to decode JSON response.

Here's an example request I tried that produced the error:

response = self.client.api.direct_messages.events.new.post(event='{"type": "message_create", "message_create": {"target": {"recipient_id": "6039192"}, "message_data": {"text": "hi there"}}}')

[sect2k]

Passing parameters as JSON is something new to Twitter API, as it wasn't an option when birdy was written and it looks like we can't currently handle this use case.

I have a general idea how to handle this and should have a new version out in a day or two, time permitting.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, haven't really worked with twitter API in a while, so this change went unnoticed.

[sect2k]

@cherdt can you check out this branch (features/json-params) and let me know if it works. I don't have time to test this fully, but a quick test with requestb.in indicates that it should.

For API methods that require JSON params, the syntax is:

params = {
    "type": "message_create",
    "message_create":  {
        "target": {
            "recipient_id": "6039192"
        },
        "message_data": {
            "text": "hi there"
        }
    }
}

response = self.client.api.direct_messages.events.new.post(params)

You just pass a dict to post() and birdy will handle the rest.

If all is OK, i'll release a new version ASAP.