Tony’s Notes
Tony’s Notes
Set a default welcome message in Twitter DM
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Set a default welcome message in Twitter DM

Twitter has a feature to allow you to set a default welcome message in your DM. For example, this is mine:

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The catch: you have to set it up via API.

Official docs: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/v1/direct-messages/welcome-messages/overview

The steps

To save you some time, here are what you need to do (the easiest way):

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Disclaimer: make sure you understand every command you run.

Install twurl:

gem install twurl

Authorize (You need a Twitter V1 developer account with an app with "Read + Write + Direct Messages" permission):

twurl authorize --consumer-key KEY \
                --consumer-secret SECRET

Then follow the instruction to authorize.

Next, create a welcome message (change the CHANGE THIS string to your own message):

twurl -A 'Content-type: application/json' /1.1/direct_messages/welcome_messages/new.json -d '{"name": "simple_welcome-message", "welcome_message": {"message_data": {"text": "CHANGE THIS"}}}'

You will receive something like this in the response. Copy the ID.

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Set the welcome message as "default":

twurl -A 'Content-type: application/json' -X POST /1.1/direct_messages/welcome_messages/rules/new.json -d '{"welcome_message_rule": {"welcome_message_id": "PASTE_THE_ID_HERE"}}'

That's all. You are all set! 🎉

Remove the message

List the rules:

twurl -X GET "/1.1/direct_messages/welcome_messages/rules/list.json"

Then find the rule ID (there should only be 1 rule).

Delete the rule:

twurl -X DELETE "/1.1/direct_messages/welcome_messages/rules/destroy.json?id=RULE_ID_HERE"

Now your default message is gone.

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