I’m finding that for some DMs with attached pictures, the JSON that comes in is missing the required media tag within entities. This does not happen for all DMs and I am unable to find any patterns for when it occurs and when it does not.
I’ve attached two DMs that were sent within a few minutes of each other between the same people with the same image attached. The only difference is a slight variation in the text. However, one of them has the media tag whereas the other does not.
If I query the REST API for the Tweet with the missing tag, the media information is returned so it seems like it’s a steaming issue.
Has media tag
"direct_message": {
"created_at": "Tue Apr 25 14:51:49 +0000 2017",
"entities": {
"hashtags": [],
"media": [
{
"display_url": "pic.twitter.com/tkYDHZctvH",
"expanded_url": "https://twitter.com/messages/media/856883451273850883",
"id": 856883444751540225,
"id_str": "856883444751540225",
"indices": [
14,
37
],
"media_url": "https://ton.twitter.com/1.1/ton/data/dm/856883451273850883/856883444751540225/PxjXwqr3.jpg",
"media_url_https": "https://ton.twitter.com/1.1/ton/data/dm/856883451273850883/856883444751540225/PxjXwqr3.jpg",
"sizes": {
"large": {
"h": 534,
"resize": "fit",
"w": 1024
},
"medium": {
"h": 312,
"resize": "fit",
"w": 600
},
"small": {
"h": 177,
"resize": "fit",
"w": 340
},
"thumb": {
"h": 150,
"resize": "crop",
"w": 150
}
},
"type": "photo",
"url": "https://t.co/tkYDHZctvH"
}
],
"symbols": [],
"urls": [
{
"display_url": "pic.twitter.com/tkYDHZctvH",
"expanded_url": "https://twitter.com/messages/media/856883451273850883",
"indices": [
14,
37
],
"url": "https://t.co/tkYDHZctvH"
}
],
"user_mentions": []
},
"id": 856883451273850883,
"id_str": "856883451273850883",
"recipient": {
"contributors_enabled": false,
"created_at": "Wed Jul 17 15:53:57 +0000 2013",
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"default_profile_image": false,
"description": null,
"favourites_count": 6185,
"follow_request_sent": false,
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"geo_enabled": false,
"id": 1601235684,
"id_str": "1601235684",
"is_translation_enabled": false,
"is_translator": false,
"lang": "en",
"listed_count": 27,
"location": null,
"name": "Sharon Smith",
"notifications": false,
"profile_background_color": "C0DEED",
"profile_background_image_url": "http://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png",
"profile_background_image_url_https": "https://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png",
"profile_background_tile": false,
"profile_image_url": "http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/513003494505070592/5yO3PMct_normal.jpeg",
"profile_image_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/513003494505070592/5yO3PMct_normal.jpeg",
"profile_link_color": "1DA1F2",
"profile_sidebar_border_color": "C0DEED",
"profile_sidebar_fill_color": "DDEEF6",
"profile_text_color": "333333",
"profile_use_background_image": true,
"protected": false,
"screen_name": "sharon_smith_1",
"statuses_count": 312912,
"time_zone": "Central Time (US & Canada)",
"translator_type": "none",
"url": null,
"utc_offset": -18000,
"verified": false
},
"recipient_id": 1601235684,
"recipient_id_str": "1601235684",
"recipient_screen_name": "sharon_smith_1",
"sender": {
"contributors_enabled": false,
"created_at": "Thu Nov 24 00:53:01 +0000 2016",
"default_profile": true,
"default_profile_image": false,
"description": null,
"favourites_count": 0,
"follow_request_sent": false,
"followers_count": 0,
"following": false,
"friends_count": 0,
"geo_enabled": false,
"id": 801589402283765760,
"id_str": "801589402283765760",
"is_translation_enabled": false,
"is_translator": false,
"lang": "en",
"listed_count": 0,
"location": null,
"name": "Wei",
"notifications": false,
"profile_background_color": "F5F8FA",
"profile_background_image_url": null,
"profile_background_image_url_https": null,
"profile_background_tile": false,
"profile_image_url": "http://abs.twimg.com/sticky/default_profile_images/default_profile_normal.png",
"profile_image_url_https": "https://abs.twimg.com/sticky/default_profile_images/default_profile_normal.png",
"profile_link_color": "1DA1F2",
"profile_sidebar_border_color": "C0DEED",
"profile_sidebar_fill_color": "DDEEF6",
"profile_text_color": "333333",
"profile_use_background_image": true,
"protected": false,
"screen_name": "Wei_Sprout",
"statuses_count": 0,
"time_zone": "Central Time (US & Canada)",
"translator_type": "none",
"url": null,
"utc_offset": -18000,
"verified": false
},
"sender_id": 801589402283765760,
"sender_id_str": "801589402283765760",
"sender_screen_name": "Wei_Sprout",
"text": "single orange https://t.co/tkYDHZctvH"
}
Missing media tag
"direct_message": {
"created_at": "Tue Apr 25 14:55:10 +0000 2017",
"entities": {
"hashtags": [],
"symbols": [],
"urls": [
{
"display_url": "pic.twitter.com/s3nWUxb7ad",
"expanded_url": "https://twitter.com/messages/media/856884292600942595",
"indices": [
21,
44
],
"url": "https://t.co/s3nWUxb7ad"
}
],
"user_mentions": []
},
"id": 856884292600942595,
"id_str": "856884292600942595",
"recipient": {
"contributors_enabled": false,
"created_at": "Wed Jul 17 15:53:57 +0000 2013",
"default_profile": true,
"default_profile_image": false,
"description": null,
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"follow_request_sent": false,
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"lang": "en",
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"location": null,
"name": "Sharon Smith",
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"profile_background_color": "C0DEED",
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"profile_sidebar_fill_color": "DDEEF6",
"profile_text_color": "333333",
"profile_use_background_image": true,
"protected": false,
"screen_name": "sharon_smith_1",
"statuses_count": 312912,
"time_zone": "Central Time (US & Canada)",
"translator_type": "none",
"url": null,
"utc_offset": -18000,
"verified": false
},
"recipient_id": 1601235684,
"recipient_id_str": "1601235684",
"recipient_screen_name": "sharon_smith_1",
"sender": {
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"created_at": "Thu Nov 24 00:53:01 +0000 2016",
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"id": 801589402283765760,
"id_str": "801589402283765760",
"is_translation_enabled": false,
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"lang": "en",
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"location": null,
"name": "Wei",
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"profile_background_image_url": null,
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"profile_link_color": "1DA1F2",
"profile_sidebar_border_color": "C0DEED",
"profile_sidebar_fill_color": "DDEEF6",
"profile_text_color": "333333",
"profile_use_background_image": true,
"protected": false,
"screen_name": "Wei_Sprout",
"statuses_count": 0,
"time_zone": "Central Time (US & Canada)",
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"url": null,
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},
"sender_id": 801589402283765760,
"sender_id_str": "801589402283765760",
"sender_screen_name": "Wei_Sprout",
"text": "more single oranges! https://t.co/s3nWUxb7ad"
}
