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added get_direct_message example

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added a get_direct_message example hope this is helpful. I spent a lot of time trying to figure it out and figured I could help others with the same problem
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Gage Coprivnicar 2016-06-12 16:42:25 -06:00 • committed by GitHub
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from twython import Twython, TwythonError
twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET)
get_list = twitter.get_direct_messages()
#Returns All Twitter DM information which is a lot in a list format
dm_dict = get_list[0]
#Sets get_list to a dictionary, the number in the list is the direct message retrieved
#That means that 0 is the most recent and n-1 is the last DM revieved.
#You can cycle through all the numbers and it will return the text and the sender id of each
print dm_dict['text']
#Gets the text from the dictionary
print dm_dict['sender']['id']
#Gets the ID of the sender