Are you using POST or DELETE? On 7 Jul 2011, at 22:35, oosswwaalldd wrote:
> But what about the API consumption for deleting DMs even when > direct_messages/destroy/:id method says Rate Limited = False in the > docs? > > any way to delete DMs in efficient way / > > Thanks > > On Jul 7, 2:55 pm, Scott Wilcox <sc...@dor.ky> wrote: >> There aren't currently any bulk delete methods. >> >> On 7 Jul 2011, at 19:50, oosswwaalldd wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hi guys, >> >>> I have an app that gets certain amount of DMs of my Local Traffic >>> Twitter account and post them for my followers, I decided to turn this >>> service off in some hours of the day and turn it back on on other >>> hours (automatically), this action acumulates a bunch of old direct >>> messages in my inbox because I have +14.000 followers. My question is: >> >>> is there any API method to delete/bulk detele/flush all my direct >>> messages in my Twitter inbox? even if the total amount is larger that >>> 200 (max amount allowed by "direct_messages/destroy/:id" method) >> >>> I was reading the rate limit FAQs and they explain that deleting DMs >>> does not consume API hits but it does! each deleted DM consume a API >>> hit so if a I have more that 350 DMs in my Twitter inbox (which is my >>> case), deleting one by one is not an option for me -- Scott Wilcox @dordotky | sc...@dor.ky | http://dor.ky +44 (0) 7538 842418 | +1 (646) 827-0580 -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: https://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: https://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/twitter-development-talk
