Rate limit for Direct messages

[eInsightData]

I have a few questions related to the topic.

1. The Docs says that the limits are: 1k/user, 15k/app. So when my app sends a message using users token, does the request counts to both the 1k and 15k limits? Or just to 1k?
2. Does the request counts for any rate limit when the target user is not accepting DMs (has it turned off in his settings)?
3. How can I see the rate limit? I’m using tweepy like this: rate_limits = client.rate_limit_status(), but in the response there’s no “direct_messages/events/new” limits info.
   
   

[andypiper]

I’ve written a related answer elsewhere, so I’ll point you there to avoid rewriting it all…

Twitter Direct Message API Limit not working

The limits you are referring to here are user account limits. Each Twitter user can send up to 1000 Direct Messages per day, and this is a limit shared across all of the apps used by that user e.g. the Twitter iOS app, website, and your custom app. This is further limited at an API level, into windows of time spread across the day - so for example, the system typically would not expect a single account to send a very high volume of Direct Messages in a very short period of time - that’s likely …

The app-level limit would apply to other Direct Message features outside of posting (I think).

If a user is not accepting Direct Messages then you will not be able to send (there would be an error), so this does not count into the user’s use of up to 1000 messages per day.

There’s no way to see the usage limit for posting Tweets or Direct Messages on a per-user basis. It’s a complicated issue because these limits apply to the user, and the user could post via multiple apps. Unfortunately these values are not currently provided via the API, you need to keep track of what you know about a user’s usage when posting to the API.