On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:25, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com> wrote: > Gary, > direct_messages/new requires a HTTP POST request. I can see from the URL you > pasted in the post that you have a query string. If you are sending a POST > request you would have no query string.
Although, it is possible to have a POST with a query string, and doing so will generate the 401 error, even if it's a POST with a valid body. Took me a while to realize this is what was happening. Zac