Twitter API to get User profile settings

[mansishah5544]

Hello,

Is there any Twitter API to get whether User has enabled “Receive Direct Messages from anyone” options in their privacy/safety tab of Profile?

[Aurelia]

Hi @mansishah5544 - I believe you will find the following post to be relevant.

API Updates for Direct Messages Rules

Updated June 1, 2015 API access to update this setting has been restricted to whitelist access only. If your app requires access, you can apply for “can_dm” access using this form. The setting can still be accessed by the user through their settings on twitter.com. Today we’re updating the Direct Messages experience on the Twitter iPhone app, Android app and Twitter.com to enable users to create private conversations on Twitter more easily. More specifically, we are giving users the option to…

This post explains that:

The account settings object has an allow_dms_from field which indicates who can DM a user, either in a private one-on-one thread or in a group thread. Possible values include “following” (only users you are following are allowed to DM you) and “all” (allow any user on Twitter to DM you).

[mansishah5544]

Thanks for your reply.

[hmz]